Tremella fibulifera is a species of fungus in the family Tremellaceae. It produces soft, whitish, lobed to frondose, gelatinous basidiocarps (fruit bodies) and is parasitic on other fungi on dead branches of broad-leaved trees. It was originally described from Brazil.
| Tremella fibulifera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Tremellomycetes |
| Order: | Tremellales |
| Family: | Tremellaceae |
| Genus: | Tremella |
| Species: | T. fibulifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Tremella fibulifera Möller (1895)
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Taxonomy
editTremella fibulifera was first published in 1895 by German mycologist Alfred Möller based on a collection made in Brazil.[1]
Description
editFruit bodies are soft, gelatinous, whitish, up to 2.5 cm (1 in) across, and lobed. Microscopically, the basidia are tremelloid (subglobose, with oblique to vertical septa), 4-celled, 13 to 18 by 9 to 16 μm. The basidiospores are ellipsoid, smooth, 7 to 10 by 6 to 7 μm.[2]
Similar species
editTremella subfibulifera, also described from Brazil, appears macroscopically identical but differs microscopically in having slightly smaller basidiospores (5.5 to 10 by 4 to 6 μm). DNA sequencing has shown that it is a distinct species.[2] Several other species, including Tremella olens and Tremella neofibulifera, are macroscopically similar and belong within the T. fibulifera complex, but occur in Asia or Australia.[2]
Habitat and distribution
editTremella fibulifera is a parasite on lignicolous fungi, but its host species is unknown, though collections have been noted on pyrenomycetes.[1] It is found on dead, attached or fallen branches of broad-leaved trees.
The species is currently known from Brazil,[1][3][2] Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama,[4] Venezuela (as T. olens),[5] and Jamaica (as T. olens).[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c Bandoni RJ, Oberwinkler F (1983). "On some species of Tremella described by Alfred Möller". Mycologia. 75 (5): 854–863. doi:10.2307/3792776. JSTOR 3792776.
- ^ a b c d Fan L, Alvarenga RL, Gibertoni TB, Wu F, Dai Y (2021). "Four new species in the Tremella fibulifera complex (Tremellales, Basidiomycota)". MycoKeys (82): 33–56. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.82.63241.
- ^ Roberts P, de Meijer AAR (1997). "Macromycetes from the state of Paraná, Brazil. 6. Sirobasidiaceae & Tremellaceae". Mycotaxon. 64: 261–283.
- ^ Lowy B (1971). Flora Neotropica 6: Tremellales. New York: Hafner. ISBN 0-89327-220-5.
- ^ Roberts P (2003). "Heterobasidiomycetes from Rancho Grande, Venezuela". Mycotaxon. 87: 24–41.
- ^ Roberts P (2006). "Caribbean Heterobasidiomycetes: 2. Jamaica". Mycotaxon. 96: 83–107.