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Genus of fungi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tremellochaete is a genus of fungi in the family Auriculariaceae.[1] Species produce pustular or lobed, effused, gelatinous basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on wood, typically covered in small sterile spines or pegs.
Tremellochaete | |
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Tremellochaete novozealandica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Auriculariales |
Family: | Auriculariaceae |
Genus: | Tremellochaete Raitv. (1964) |
Type species | |
Tremellochaete japonica (Lloyd) Raitv. (1964) | |
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The genus was originally created in 1964 by Estonian mycologist Ain Raitviir to accommodate Tremellochaete japonica, a species that appeared morphologically intermediate between the older genera Exidia and Heterochaete. Tremellochaete was subsequently treated as a synonym of Exidia by some authors[2] until shown to be distinct as a result of molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences.[3] Several additional species have now been referred to Tremellochaete.[4]
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