Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Tremellomycetes
Order: Tremellales	Family: Tremellaceae
Species: Phaeotremella foliacea (Pers.) Wedin, J.C. Zamora & Millanes

Synonyms:

Exidia foliacea Exidia saccharina var. foliacea Gyraria foliacea Phaeotremella pseudofoliacea Tremella ferruginea Tremella foliacea Tremella foliacea var. succinea Tremella frondosa Tremella nigrescens Tremella succinea Ulocolla foliacea Ymenydd Deiliog

Common Name:

Leafy Brain

The Tremella foliacea group has been revised and this species is restricted to conifers and is associated with Stereum sanguinolentum

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fraxinus excelsior (4) Quercus (4) Betula (3) Fagus sylvatica (3) Quercus petraea (3) Corylus avellana (2) Sorbus aucuparia (1) Stereum rugosum (1) Salix cinerea (1) Quercus robur (1) Prunus laurocerasus (1) Pinus sylvestris (1) Pinus (1) Larix (1) Acer pseudoplatanus (1) Betula pubescens (1) Pseudotsuga menziesii (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: mixed (6) Parkland and scattered trees (4) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (4) Woodland and scrub (3) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Woodland (1) Woodland: broadleaved (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Wood (11) Branch (5) Dead Wood (5) Fallen Tree (3) Tree (3) Standing Dead Tree (2) Dead Branch (1) Fallen log (1) Log (1) Soil (1) Soil Leaves (1) Trunk, rotten (1) Twig (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (8) March (3) May (2) June (2) July (1) August (6) September (6) October (7) November (10) December (4)