Tremella polyporina D.A. Reid
(a brain fungus)

Interactions where Tremella polyporina 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
basidiome (internal)		internal basidiome parasitises live hymenium of basidiome			Antrodia sinuosa	a bracket fungus	Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae	British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina, Roberts, P., 2007	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella polyporina/	Tremella polyporina	a brain fungus		internal		basidiome	Fungus / parasite		Foreign	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Antrodia sinuosa/	Antrodia sinuosa	a bracket fungus		live	hymenium	basidiome
basidiome (internal)		internal basidiome parasitises live hymenium of basidiome			Postia	a genus of bracket fungi	Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina, Roberts, P., 2007	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella polyporina/	Tremella polyporina	a brain fungus		internal		basidiome	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia/	Postia	a genus of bracket fungi		live	hymenium	basidiome
basidiome (internal)		internal basidiome parasitises live hymenium of basidiome			Postia balsamea	a bracket fungus	Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae	British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina, Roberts, P., 2007	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella polyporina/	Tremella polyporina	a brain fungus		internal		basidiome	Fungus / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/	Postia balsamea	a bracket fungus		live	hymenium	basidiome
basidiome (internal)		internal basidiome parasitises live hymenium of basidiome			Postia caesia	Conifer Blueing Bracket	Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae	British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina, Roberts, P., 2007	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella polyporina/	Tremella polyporina	a brain fungus		internal		basidiome	Fungus / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia caesia/	Postia caesia	conifer blueing bracket		live	hymenium	basidiome
basidiome (internal)		internal basidiome parasitises live hymenium of basidiome			Postia subcaesia	Blueing Bracket	Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae	British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina, Roberts, P., 2007	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella polyporina/	Tremella polyporina	a brain fungus		internal		basidiome	Fungus / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia subcaesia/	Postia subcaesia	blueing bracket		live	hymenium	basidiome
basidiome (internal)		internal basidiome parasitises live hymenium of basidiome			Postia stiptica	Bitter Bracket	Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae	British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina, Roberts, P., 2007	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella polyporina/	Tremella polyporina	a brain fungus		internal		basidiome	Fungus / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket		live	hymenium	basidiome
basidiome (internal)		internal basidiome parasitises live hymenium of basidiome			Postia tephroleuca	Greying Bracket, Greyling Bracket	Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina, Roberts, P., 2007	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella polyporina/	Tremella polyporina	a brain fungus		internal		basidiome	Fungus / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia tephroleuca/	Postia tephroleuca	greying bracket, greyling bracket		live	hymenium	basidiome	Major
basidiome (internal)		internal basidiome parasitises live hymenium of basidiome			Postia wakefieldiae	a bracket fungus	Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae	British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina, Roberts, P., 2007	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella polyporina/	Tremella polyporina	a brain fungus		internal		basidiome	Fungus / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia wakefieldiae/	Postia wakefieldiae	a bracket fungus		live	hymenium	basidiome

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
Roberts, P., 2007	British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina	Field Mycology Vol 8 (4): 127-133.

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Tremella polyporina (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))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Tremella polyporina (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 (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Tremella polyporina 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 polyporina (a brain fungus)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Reid, D.A.	1970	New or Interesting records of British Hymenomycetes. IV	TBMS Vol 55 (3): 413-441.
	Roberts, P.	2007	British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina	Field Mycology Vol 8 (4): 127-133.

Tremella polyporina (a brain fungus) may also 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, basidiomycetes)

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 polyporina (a brain fungus):

Tremella
(a genus of fungal-parasite brain fungi)

TREMELLOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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