Tremella aurantia

Tremella aurantia
Tremella aurantia with Stereum host
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Subdivision: Agaricomycotina
Class: Tremellomycetes
Order: Tremellales
Family: Tremellaceae
Genus: Tremella
Species: T. aurantia
Binomial name
Tremella aurantia

Tremella aurantia is a species of fungi in the family Tremellaceae. The common name of this species is Golden ear[1] T. aurantia is similar in appearance to Tremella mesenterica, but has basidia which are stalked instead of sessile[2] and parasitizes the mycelium of Stereum hirsutum instead of Peniophora.[3]

References

Line notes

  1. ^ Shu-ting Chang and Philip G. Miles. 2004
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008
  3. ^ Paul Sterry and Barry Hughes. 2009