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.

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