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Tremella mesenterica

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Tremella mesenterica

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jelly fungus

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*Tremella mesenterica* is a species of fungus classified within the kingdom Fungi. It belongs to the phylum Basidiomycota, class Tremellomycetes, order Tremellales, and family Tremellaceae. The taxon author citation for this organism is Retz.

Records of *Tremella mesenterica* are documented in Mexico and the United States. These records are held by institutions including IB-CUCBA-UDG, ECOSUR, CESUES, LSUM, and MSC. The species has 1,459 records and 381 media items associated with it in the iDigBio database. Additionally, the organism is referenced by 32 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumBasidiomycota
  3. ClassTremellomycetes
  4. OrderTremellales
  5. FamilyTremellaceae
Observations recorded64,517

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,459
With media
381
Family
Tremellaceae
Collections
IB-CUCBA-UDG, ECOSUR, CESUES, LSUM, MSC, NCU
Recorded in
Mexico, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Tremella
Image
Tremella mesenterica branch.JPG
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species
Commons category
Tremella mesenterica
taxon name
Tremella mesenterica
Commons gallery
Tremella mesenterica
mushroom ecological type
parasitism
spore print color
white
taxon common name
Goldgelber Zitterling
taxon author citation
Retz.
short name
T. mesenterica
taxon range
Hainan
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Encyclopedic overview

Tremella mesenterica. on a dead oak branch.

Tremella mesenterica (common names include yellow brain, golden jelly fungus, yellow trembler, and witches' butter) is a common jelly fungus in the family Tremellaceae of the Agaricomycotina. The gelatinous, orange-yellow fruit body of the fungus, which can grow up to 7.5 cm (3 in) diameter, has a convoluted or lobed surface that is greasy or slimy when damp.

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