Tremella mesenterica Retz.
(Yellow Brain, Golden Jelly Fungus)

Interactions where Tremella mesenterica is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises live mycelium			Peniophora	a genus of resupinate basiomycete fungi	Russulales: Peniophoraceae	Tremella mesenterica Common Name: Yellow Brain (and lookalike Tremella aurantia), Holden, L., 2013 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella mesenterica/	Tremella mesenterica	yellow brain, golden jelly fungus				fruitbody	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Peniophora/	Peniophora	a genus of resupinate basiomycete fungi		live		mycelium
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with dead, attached branch (small)			Ulex europaeus	Gorse, Furze, Whin	Fabales: Fabaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella mesenterica/	Tremella mesenterica	yellow brain, golden jelly fungus				fruitbody	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex europaeus/	Ulex europaeus	gorse, furze, whin		dead, attached	branch (small)		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with dead, attached twig			Ulex europaeus	Gorse, Furze, Whin	Fabales: Fabaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella mesenterica/	Tremella mesenterica	yellow brain, golden jelly fungus				fruitbody	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex europaeus/	Ulex europaeus	gorse, furze, whin		dead, attached	twig		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with dead, attached stick			Ulex europaeus	Gorse, Furze, Whin	Fabales: Fabaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella mesenterica/	Tremella mesenterica	yellow brain, golden jelly fungus				fruitbody	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex europaeus/	Ulex europaeus	gorse, furze, whin		dead, attached	stick		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with dead, attached branch			Corylus	hazels	Fagales: Betulaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella mesenterica/	Tremella mesenterica	yellow brain, golden jelly fungus				fruitbody	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus/	Corylus	hazels		dead, attached	branch		Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
Holden, L., 2013	Tremella mesenterica Common Name: Yellow Brain (and lookalike Tremella aurantia)	https://sites.google.com/site/scottishfungi/species-profiles/tremella-mesenterica-ye
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Tremella mesenterica (Yellow Brain, Golden Jelly Fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Tremella mesenterica (Yellow Brain, Golden Jelly Fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Tremella mesenterica (Yellow Brain, Golden Jelly Fungus)
Genus	Tremella (a genus of fungal-parasite brain fungi)
Family	TREMELLACEAE (a family of jelly fungi)
Order	TREMELLALES (an order of jelly fungi)
Class	TREMELLOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Tremella mesenterica is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tremella mesenterica (Yellow Brain, Golden Jelly Fungus)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Holden, L.	2013	Tremella mesenterica Common Name: Yellow Brain (and lookalike Tremella aurantia)	https://sites.google.com/site/scottishfungi/species-profiles/tremella-mesenterica-ye

Tremella mesenterica (Yellow Brain, Golden Jelly Fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Tremella
(a genus of fungal-parasite brain fungi)

TREMELLOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Fenwick, G.A.	1995	Tremella mesenterica in laboratory culture	Mycologist Vol 09 (3): 124-126, rear cover.
Wong, G.J. & Wells, K.	1985	Modified bifactorial incompatibility in Tremella mesenterica	TBMS Vol 84 (1): 95-109.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Tremella mesenterica (Yellow Brain, Golden Jelly Fungus):

Tremella
(a genus of fungal-parasite brain fungi)

TREMELLOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 4 images of Tremella mesenterica (Yellow Brain, Golden Jelly Fungus)

A common jelly fungus which is parasitic on Peniophora, and is found on deciduous wood, especially Gorse branches. The bright yellow colour derives from the conidia which coat the surface of the fungus.

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