Phaeotremella foliacea (Pers.) Wedin, J.C. Zamora & Millanes
(Leafy Brain)

Interactions where Phaeotremella foliacea is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
basidiocarp basidiocarp parasitises live mycelium Stereum curtain crusts Russulales: Stereaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Phaeotremella foliacea/Phaeotremella foliacealeafy brainbasidiocarp Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustslivemycelium
basidiocarp basidiocarp is associated with dead [Trees and shrubs] trees and shrubs, including conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Phaeotremella foliacea/Phaeotremella foliacealeafy brainbasidiocarp Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees and shrubs/Trees and shrubstrees and shrubs, including conifersdead

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Phaeotremella foliacea (Leafy Brain) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Phaeotremella foliacea (Leafy Brain) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhaeotremella foliacea (Leafy Brain)
GenusPhaeotremella
FamilyTREMELLACEAE (a family of jelly fungi)
OrderTREMELLALES (an order of jelly fungi)
ClassTREMELLOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phaeotremella foliacea (Leafy Brain)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Spirin, V., Malysheva, V., Yurkov, A., Miettinen, O. & Larsson, K.-H. 2017 Studies in the Phaeotremella foliacea group (Tremellomycetes, Basidiomycota) Mycological Progress Vol 17: 451-466.

Phaeotremella foliacea (Leafy Brain) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Phaeotremella foliacea (Leafy Brain):

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