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Tremella aurantia
Tremella aurantia is a species of fungi in the family Tremellaceae. The common name of this species is Golden ear. T. aurantia is identical in appearance to Tremella mesenterica, (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/830...) but parasitizes the mycelium of Stereum hirsutum instead of Peniophora. Besides, it has basidia which are stalked instead of sessile so they are clearly different species.
Open forest with pine trees and Holm oaks
Notice that the fungi that is parasitized is Sterreum hirsutum, the small orange mushrooms around
Spotted on Jan 19, 2012
Submitted on Jan 22, 2012
3 Comments
ooo,yes.. you´re right :)
Thanks Carolina, but I found this fungus in Madrid, Spain. :)
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