Fungi > Basidiomycota > Tremellomycetes > Tremellales > Tremellaceae > Phaeotremella > Phaeotremella foliaceaPhaeotremella foliacea (Leafy Brain)Synonyms: Exidia foliacea (homotypic); Exidia nigrescens (heterotypic); Exidia saccharina foliacea; Exidia saccharina var. foliacea; Gyraria ferruginea (heterotypic); Gyraria foliacea; Phaeotremella foliacea var. succinea; Phaeotremella foliacea var. violascens; Phaeotremella pseudofoliacea (heterotypic); Tremella crispa; Tremella ferruginea (heterotypic); Tremella fimbriata var. lactea; Tremella foliacea; Tremella foliacea pseudofoliacea; Tremella foliacea succinea; Tremella foliacea var. communis; Tremella foliacea var. ferruginea; Tremella foliacea var. pseudofoliacea; Tremella foliacea var. succinea; Tremella foliacea var. violascens; Tremella mesenteriformis; Tremella nigrescens (heterotypic); Tremella succinea (heterotypic); Ulocolla foliacea (heterotypic) Tremella foliacea is a species of fungus producing brownish, frondose, gelatinous basidiocarps (fruit bodies). It is widespread, particularly in north temperate regions, and is parasitic on other species of fungi (Stereum spp.), that grow on dead attached and recently fallen branches of broadleaf trees and conifers. Common names include leafy brain, jelly leaf, and brown witch's butter. The species is said to be edible, but is not much valued. |
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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