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Exidia glandulosa (Bull.) Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 2(1): 224 (1822)

Tremella intumescens sensu auct.
Exidia plana sensu auct.
Exidia intumescens sensu auct.
Tremella arborea sensu auct.
Tremella atra O.F. Müll., Fl. Danic. 5: tab. 884 (1782)
Tremella glandulosa Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 9: tab. 420, fig. 1 (1789)
Tremella spiculosa Pers., Observ. mycol. (Copenhagen) 2: 99 (1800) [1799]
Gyraria spiculosa (Pers.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 594 (1821)
Exidia truncata Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 2(1): 224 (1822)
Exidia spiculosa (Pers.) Sommerf., Suppl. fl. lapp. (Oslo): 1-333 (1826)

Habitat: On dead attached or fallen wood of deciduous trees, most commonly Corylus, Quercus spp. and Fagus.

Notes: Common and widespread. Basidiomes are turbinate, unlike those of E. plana which are resupinate and cerebriform. Exidia glandulosa sensu Fries (1823) is the latter species.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 30431; Scotland: K(M) 81947; Wales: K(M) 81948; NI: K(M) 81358; ROI: K(M) 128895; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 81949

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 263
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 62, pl. 21
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 100

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