Tremella lichenicola (Witch's Butter)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Witch's Butter

Description

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Physical Description

Habit: Lichenous

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Fungi () - T.l. Jahn & F.f. Jahn, 1949 Ex R.t. Moore, 1980 - Fungi
  - Subkingdom: Dikarya () - D.s. Hibbett Et Al., in D.s. Hibbett Et Al., 2007
    - Phylum: Basidiomycota () - H.c. Bold, 1957 Ex R.t. Moore, 1980 - Basidiomycetes
      - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina () - Dowell, 2001
        Class: Basidiomycetes () - Dowell, 2001 - Fleshy Fungi, In Part
        Subclass: Tremellomycetidae () - (Fries, 1821) Wells, 1994
        Order: Tremellales () - Fr., 1821
        Family: Tremellaceae () - �
        Genus: Tremella () - Reitz. ex Hook.
        Specific descriptor: lichenicola - Diederich 1986
        Scientific name: - Tremella lichenicola Diederich 1986

Unambiguous Synonyms

Tremella lichenicola Diederich 1986

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Kirk P.M. , 14-Sep-2005

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Tremella

There are approximately 319 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

T. alabastrina · T. alba · T. alutacea · T. anomala · T. arachispora · T. armeniaca · T. aspera · T. ater-globosa · T. atroglobosa · T. aurantia · T. aurantialba · T. aurantiolutea · T. auricula-canis · T. auricula-judae var. auricula-judae · T. auricula-judae var. pitya · T. auricularia · T. auriformis · T. australiensis · T. badia · T. boletiformis · T. boninensis · T. boraborensis · T. brasiliensis · T. brassicaecola · T. britzelmayri · T. brunnea · T. callunicola · T. caloceraticola · T. caloplacae · T. candelariellae · T. candida var. candida · T. carneoalba · T. carneocolor · T. caulicola · T. cephalodiicola · T. cerasi · T. cerebriformis · T. cerebrina-alba · T. cetrariicola (Witch's Butter) · T. christiansenii · T. chrysocoma · T. cinerea · T. cinnabarina · T. cladoniae (Witch's Butter) · T. clavariaeformis · T. clavariiformis digitata · T. clavata · T. clavisterigma · T. coalescens · T. coccocarpiae · T. coffeicola · T. colorata · T. colpomaticola · T. compacta · T. concrescens · T. conglobata · T. conica · T. coppinsii · T. coriacea · T. cornuta · T. corrugis · T. crassa · T. crassiloba · T. crenata · T. crispa · T. cruenta · T. crypta · T. crystallina · T. culmorum · T. cylindrica · T. damaecornis · T. deliquescens · T. dendrographae (Witch's Butter) · T. dependens · T. diaporthicola · T. difformis · T. disciformis · T. dubia · T. dufourii · T. dulaciana · T. dumontii · T. durissima · T. dysenterica · T. effusa · T. elastica · T. encephala · T. encephala var. encephala · T. encephaloides · T. episphaerica · T. erecta · T. everniae (Witch's Butter) · T. exigua · T. faginea · T. fibulifera · T. flammea · T. flava · T. flavidula · T. foliacea · T. foliacea var. ferruginea · T. foliacea var. foliacea

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Notes

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Contributors

Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 21, 2007.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Species Fungorum 2006.
USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Fungi
Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: The Collection of Lichenicolous Fungi at the Botanische Staatssammlung München
The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, Mycology Herbarium
The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Danish Mycological Society, fungal records database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3022114
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: SF-104922
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14388734
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:104922
U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: TRLI9
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 65592