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Tremella wrightii
Tremella wrightii is a species of fungus in the family Tremellaceae. It produces light brown to orange-brown, lobed, gelatinous basidiocarps (fruit bodies) and is parasitic on other fungi on dead branches of broad-leaved trees. It was originally described from Cuba.
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Description
Fruit bodies are firm, gelatinous, light brown to orange-brown, up to 5 cm (2 in) across, and lobed, often with inflated horn-like processes. Microscopically, the basidia are tremelloid (subglobose to ellipsoid, with oblique to vertical septa), 4-celled, 11 to 18 by 8 to 11 μm. The basidiospores are ellipsoid, smooth, 5.5 to 7.5 by 4 to 6 μm.
Range & habitat
Tremella wightii is a parasite on lignicolous fungi, but its host species is unknown, though collections have been noted on pyrenomycetes. It is found on dead, attached or fallen branches of broad-leaved trees. The species was described from Cuba and has been reported from Brazil Guyana, Trinidad, Panama, Belize, Cameroon, and Uganda.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat and distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 352569.