Tremella parmeliarum

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Tremellales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Basidiomycota
Subdivisio: Agaricomycotina
Classis: Tremellomycetes
Ordo: Tremellales

Familia: Tremellaceae
Genus: Tremella
Species: Tremella parmeliarum

Name edit

Tremella parmeliarum Diederich, 1996


Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: On thalli of Parmotrema species and Rimelia reticulata; usually inducing the formation of large, conspicuous galls.

Locality: Papua New Guinea.

Typification Details: Holotype LG, Diederich 10816

Basidiomata: Rarely resupinate over the thallus, generally inducing the formation of distinct galls.

References edit

Primary edit

  • Diederich, Biblioth. Lichenol. 61: 125 (1996)
  • Diederich, P. (1996) The lichenicolous heterobasidiomycetes. Bibliotheca Lichenologica, 61, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart. 198 pp.   **[RLL List # 163 / Rec.# 4352] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Band 61)

Secondary edit

  • Diederich, P. (2004) Tremella (pp. 710-714) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Diederich, P., Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 26032] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

Links edit

  • Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2011) Lichenicolous fungi – worldwide checklist, including isolated cultures and sequences available. - http://www.lichenicolous.net (4/10/2011)

Vernacular names edit