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Tremella

Notes

A member of the Tremellales (the Order characterised by cruciately septate basidia, each sterigma having its own cell). The fruiting body convoluted, cerebriform, up to 3 cm tall, spores globose. Saprobic on wood.
Seven species have been reported from New Zealand. Only those listed below are treated in the Virtual Mycota.

Name (click to select)Image (click to enlarge)
 Tremella foliacea  
 Tremella fuciformis  
 Tremella lutescens  
 Tremella mesenterica  
 Tremella obscura