Naematelia aurantia (Schwein.) Burt 1921

Common names

🇫🇷 Trémelle orangée

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Subdivision: Agaricomycotina
Class: Tremellomycetes
Order: Tremellales
Family: Tremellaceae
Genus: Naematelia
Species: Naematelia aurantia

Presence

Present.

Notes

Possible confusion with Tremella mesenterica (Schaeff.) Pers., 1801, which is parasitic on Peniophora spp., while N. aurantia is parasitic on Stereum hirsutum (Willd.) Pers., 1800.

N. aurantia was previously included in the genus Tremella under the name Tremella aurantia Schwein., 1822.

Photographs

img/naematelia-aurantia.webp — *Naematelia aurantia* - Fruit bodies of *Stereum hirsutum* (Willd.) Pers., 1800, the host fungus, are also visible on the wood

img/naematelia-aurantia-2.webp — *Naematelia aurantia*