Tremellaceae

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Fungi
• Division: Basidiomycota
• Subdivision: Agaricomycotina
• Class: Tremellomycetes
• Order: Tremellales
• Family: Tremellaceae

Genera

Naematelia

1 species

Notes

The most common species are Naematelia aurantia (Schwein.) Burt 1921 and Tremella mesenterica (Schaeff.) Pers., 1801. The two species have a similar appearance, parasitize wood-decaying fungi, and are found on dead wood.

Differentiating them in the absence of the fruit body of their host species is impossible at a macroscopic scale. T. mesenterica is parasitic on Peniophora spp., while N. aurantia is parasitic on Stereum hirsutum (Willd.) Pers., 1800.

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