Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Tremellomycetes
Order: Tremellales Family: Tremellaceae
Species: Phaeotremella frondosa (Fr.) Spirin & V. Malysheva
Synonyms: Phaeotremella pseudofoliacea
Tremella frondosa
Tremella nigrescens
Tremella succinea
Common Name:


The Tremella foliacea group has been revised and this species is restricted to broadleaves, has larger spores than P.fimbriata and is associated with Stereum rugosum
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Phaeotremella frondosaPhotographer: © Ronnie Irvine
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (4)
Betula (3)
Fraxinus excelsior (3)
Quercus petraea (3)
Sorbus aucuparia (1)
Stereum (1)
Salix cinerea (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Stereum rugosum (1)
Prunus laurocerasus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5)
Woodland: mixed (4)
Parkland and scattered trees (3)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Wood (11)
Dead Wood (5)
Branch (3)
Standing Dead Tree (2)
Tree (2)
Dead Branch (1)
Fallen log (1)
Fallen Tree (1)
Soil Leaves (1)
Trunk, rotten (1)
Twig (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (8)
March (3)
May (1)
July (1)
August (5)
September (4)
October (7)
November (9)
December (4)