Tremella foliacea Pers.
(Leafy Brain)

Interactions where Tremella foliacea is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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/Tremella foliacea/Tremella 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/Tremella foliacea/Tremella foliacealeafy brainbasidiocarp Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees and shrubs/Trees and shrubstrees and shrubs, including conifersdead

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

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

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
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTremella foliacea (Leafy Brain)
GenusTremella (a genus of fungal-parasite brain fungi)
FamilyTREMELLACEAE (a family of jelly fungi)
OrderTREMELLALES (an order of jelly fungi)
ClassTREMELLOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tremella foliacea (Leafy Brain)

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

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

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