Tremella lethariae

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Tremellales 

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

Familia: Tremellaceae
Genus: Tremella
Species: Tremella lethariae

Name

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Tremella lethariae Diederich, 2003


Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Typification Details: Holotype BG Tønsberg 12725b

Host-Substratum/Locality: On Letharia vulpina, and on Pseudotsuga menziesii: British Columbia.

Basidiomata: Inducing gall-formation, convex, concolorous to the thallus.

References

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Primary

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  • Diederich, Herzogia 16: 83 (2003)
  • Diederich, P. (2003) New species and new records of American lichenicolous fungi [Neue Arten und neue Funde von amerkanischen lichenicolen Pilzen]. - Herzogia 16: 41–90.  **[RLL List # 192 / Rec.# 24711] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (PDF file) (Web site)

Secondary

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  • 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)
  • 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)** (Description of Tremella lethariae: p. 712)
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  • 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

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