Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Tremellomycetes
Order: Tremellales	Family: Tremellaceae
Species: Tremella mesenterica Retz.

Synonyms:

Exidia candida Hormomyces aurantiacus Tremella albida Tremella lutescens Tremella mesenterica var. lutescens

Common Name:

Yellow Brain

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Ulex europaeus (37) Quercus (13) Fagus sylvatica (9) Fraxinus excelsior (8) Peniophora incarnata (6) Sambucus nigra (3) Ulex (3) Acer pseudoplatanus (3) Salix cinerea (2) Salix caprea (2) Salix (2) Ulmus glabra (2) Peniophora lycii (2) Crataegus monogyna (2) Corylus avellana (2) Alnus glutinosa (2) Quercus robur (1) Peniophora cinerea (1) Cytisus scoparius (1) Betula pubescens (1) Pinus (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (13) Parkland and scattered trees (8) Woodland and scrub (8) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (7) Scrub (7) Scrub: scattered (6) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (6) Woodland: mixed (5) Acid grassland: semi-improved (4) Woodland (4) Woodland: broadleaved (4) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (4) Built up area, domestic (3) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (3) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (3) Artifical rock exposure and waste: quarry (2) Grassland: neutral, upland (2) Lolium perenne-Cynosurus cristatus grassland (2) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Scrub: dense/continuous (2) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2) Acid grassland: unimproved (1) Bog (1) Boundaries, permanently wet ditch (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Cultivated/disturbed land: introduced shrub (1) Grassland and marsh (1) Heathland (1) Marginal/inundation: inundation (1) Navigable canals (1) Valley alderwoods on mineral soils (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, under planted (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Wood (43) Branch (28) Dead Wood (17) Soil (5) Dead Branch (3) Dead Twig (3) Fallen Branch (3) Tree (3) Twig (3) Fallen Twig (2) Fallen Wood (1) Rotting Wood (1) Standing Dead Branch (1) Stump (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (23) February (6) March (7) April (9) May (7) July (13) August (8) September (19) October (49) November (21) December (12)