Tremella versicolor Berk. & Broome
(a brain fungus)

Interactions where Tremella versicolor 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 hymenium of fruitbody			Peniophora	a genus of resupinate basiomycete fungi	Russulales: Peniophoraceae	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 versicolor/	Tremella versicolor	a brain fungus				basidiocarp	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Peniophora/	Peniophora	a genus of resupinate basiomycete fungi		live	hymenium	fruitbody
basidiocarp		basidiocarp parasitises live hymenium of fruitbody			Peniophora cinerea	a resupinate fungus	Russulales: Peniophoraceae	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 versicolor/	Tremella versicolor	a brain fungus				basidiocarp	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Peniophora cinerea/	Peniophora cinerea	a resupinate fungus		live	hymenium	fruitbody
basidiocarp		basidiocarp parasitises live hymenium of fruitbody			Peniophora lycii	Ashen Crust	Russulales: Peniophoraceae	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 versicolor/	Tremella versicolor	a brain fungus				basidiocarp	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Peniophora lycii/	Peniophora lycii	ashen crust		live	hymenium	fruitbody
basidiocarp		basidiocarp parasitises live hymenium of fruitbody			Peniophora quercina	Oak Crust	Russulales: Peniophoraceae	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 versicolor/	Tremella versicolor	a brain fungus				basidiocarp	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Peniophora quercina/	Peniophora quercina	oak crust		live	hymenium	fruitbody

Tremella versicolor (a brain fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Tremella versicolor (a brain fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Author & Year	Title	Source
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Tremella versicolor (a brain fungus)
Genus	Tremella (a genus of fungal-parasite brain fungi)
Family	TREMELLACEAE (a family of jelly fungi)
Order	TREMELLALES (an order of jelly fungi)
Class	TREMELLOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Tremella versicolor is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tremella versicolor (a brain fungus)

Tremella versicolor (a brain fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Tremella
(a genus of fungal-parasite brain fungi)

TREMELLOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tremella versicolor (a brain fungus):

Tremella
(a genus of fungal-parasite brain fungi)

TREMELLOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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