Tremella lichenicola Diederich
(a brain fungus)

Interactions where Tremella lichenicola 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 thallus Violella fucata a lichen Lecideales: Lecideaceae Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994
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 lichenicola/Tremella lichenicolaa brain fungusbasidiocarp Lichen / parasite /Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Violella fucata/Violella fucataa lichenlivethallus

Author & YearTitleSource
Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on UsneaLichenologist Vol 26 (1): 47-66.
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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTremella lichenicola (a brain fungus)
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 (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 Tremella lichenicola (a brain fungus)

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

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

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