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Naematelia Encephala
''Naematelia encephala'' (synonym ''Tremella encephala'') is a species of fungus producing pink, brain-like, gelatinous basidiocarps (fruit bodies). It is widespread in north temperate regions and is parasitic on another species of fungus (''Stereum sanguinolentum'') that grows on dead attached and recently fallen branches of conifers. In the UK, its recommended English name is conifer brain. Taxonomy ''Tremella encephala'' was first published in 1801 by Dutch mycologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, based on an earlier description by Carl Ludwig Willdenow who had described the species from Germany as ''Tremella encephaliformis''. In 1818, it was selected by Elias Magnus Fries as the type species of ''Naematelia'', a new genus proposed by Fries to accommodate fungi having gelatinous basidiocarps with a hard or compact core. It was not until 1961 that this central core was shown by American mycologist Robert Bandoni to be the remains of the host fungus, ''Stereum sanguinolentum' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stereum Sanguinolentum
''Stereum sanguinolentum'' is a species of fungus in the Stereaceae family. A plant pathogen, it causes red heart rot, a red discoloration on conifers, particularly spruces or Douglas-firs. Fruit bodies are produced on dead wood, or sometimes on dead branches of living trees. They are a thin leathery crust of the wood surface. Fresh fruit bodies will bleed a red-colored juice if injured, reflected in the common names bleeding Stereum or the bleeding conifer parchment. It can be the host of the parasitic jelly fungus '' Tremella encephala''. Taxonomy The species was first described scientifically by Albertini and Schweinitz in 1805 as ''Thelephora sanguinolenta''. Other genera to which it has been transferred throughout its taxonomical history include ''Phlebomorpha'', ''Auricularia'', ''Merulius'', and ''Haematostereum''. The fungus is commonly known as the "bleeding Stereum" or the "bleeding conifer parchment". Description The fruit body of ''Stereum sanguinolentum'' manifest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
