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Tremella mesenterica Retz., K. Vetensk-Acad. Handl. 30: 249 (1769)

Tremella albida sensu auct. p.p.
Tremella candida sensu auct. p.p.
Exidia candida sensu auct. p.p.
Tremella lutescens Pers., Mycol. eur. (Erlanga) 2: 33 (1798)
Hormomyces aurantiacus Bonord., Handb. Allgem. mykol.: 150 (1851)

Habitat: Parasitic. On the mycelium of Peniophora spp., especially on those associated with Ulex europaeus and Corylus.

Notes: Very common and widespread. Hormomyces aurantiacus refers to anamorphic fruitbodies only producing conidiophores.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: c; Isle of Man: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 34588; Scotland: K(M) 28930; Wales: K(M) 60856; NI: K(M) 128897; ROI: K(M) 28875; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 28912; Isle of Man: K(M) 28917

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 264
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 68, pl. 29
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 88
D+I: British Tremella species 1, in Roberts, P.J., Mycologist 9(3): 97-144 (1995), p. 113-114

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