Tremella subencephala Bandoni & Ginns
no common name
Tremellaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Tremellaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Photograph
Species Information
Summary:
The tiny fruitbodies of Tremella subencephala are known only on Acanthophysium lividocoeruleum, a species typical of rather xeric (dry) habitats, from a few collections in western Canada and Sweden. The description is derived from Bandoni(7).
Microscopic:
spores 7.0-8.0 x 5.5-7.5 microns, nearly round to broadly elliptic or oval, germination not seen, conidia abundant, 3.0-6.5 x 3.0-5.0 microns, round to elliptic, "borne on branched conidiophores, each conidium subtended by a clamp, the wall thick, smooth"; probasidia sparse, 10.5-14.0 x 10.0-11.0 microns, "borne on the same hyphae as conidia, subglobose to obovoid or ellipsoid, 4-celled, the walls often thickened at maturity", epibasidia 2.0-2.5 microns wide; hyphae 1.5-4.0 microns wide, branched, with clamp connections and haustorial branches
Notes:
T. subencephala has been found in BC, YT, and Sweden.
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Tremella versicolor is superficially similar but the host is different and they are microscopically distinct: 1) the basidia of T. subencephala are smaller and they lack the basal stem and swollen base that are common in T. versicolor, and 2) conidia are released singly in T. subencephala rather than in clusters as in T. versicolor, and the individual conidia differ morphologically. (Bandoni(7))Habitat
on spore-bearing surface of Acanthophysium lividocoeruleum, a crust species found on wood
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Antrodia sitchensis (D.V. Baxter) Gilb. & Ryvarden
Poria sitchensis D.V. Baxter