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

Synonyms:

Exidia candida Hormomyces aurantiacus Tremella albida Tremella candida Tremella lutescens Tremella mesenterica var. lutescens Ymenydd yr Eithin

Common Name:

Yellow Brain

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Ulex europaeus (43) Quercus (14) Fraxinus excelsior (11) Fagus sylvatica (9) Peniophora incarnata (6) Peniophora (4) Sambucus nigra (3) Acer pseudoplatanus (3) Ulex (3) Crataegus monogyna (2) Corylus avellana (2) Peniophora lycii (2) Salix (2) Salix caprea (2) Salix cinerea (2) Alnus glutinosa (2) Ulmus glabra (2) Pinus (1) Betula pubescens (1) Quercus robur (1) Cytisus scoparius (1) Peniophora cinerea (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (13) Woodland and scrub (8) Scrub: scattered (7) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (7) Parkland and scattered trees (5) Scrub (5) Acid grassland (4) Acid grassland: semi-improved (4) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (4) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4) Woodland: mixed (4) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (4) Woodland (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: broadleaved (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: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Wood (43) Branch (30) Dead Wood (17) Fallen Branch (5) Soil (5) Dead Branch (3) Dead Twig (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 (36) February (19) March (12) April (12) May (10) July (13) August (9) September (21) October (59) November (35) December (21)