Fungi > Basidiomycota > Tremellomycetes > Tremellales > Hyaloriaceae > Myxarium > Myxarium nucleatum

Myxarium nucleatum (Crystal Brain)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Myxarium nucleatum (common names crystal brain or granular jelly roll) is a jelly fungus in the family Hyaloriaceae. The sporocarps (fruit bodies) are watery white and gelatinous with small, white, mineral inclusions. It is a common, wood-rotting species in Europe and North America, typically growing on dead attached or fallen branches of broadleaf trees.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cerne and Sydling Downs 912 England, United Kingdom
Fenland 1529 England, United Kingdom
Sefton Coast 11278 England, United Kingdom

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore)[1]
Clematis vitalba (Evergreen clematis)[1]
Ilex aquifolium (English holly)[1]
Laburnum anagyroides (golden chain tree)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Zygogloea gemellipara[1]

External References

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Citations

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.
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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