Tremella polyporina D.A. Reid
(a brain fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Tremella polyporina (a brain fungus)
Genus	Tremella (a genus of fungal-parasite brain fungi)
Family	TREMELLACEAE (a family of jelly fungi)
Order	TREMELLALES (an order of jelly fungi)
Class	TREMELLOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Tremella polyporina is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Reid, D.A.	1970	New or Interesting records of British Hymenomycetes. IV	TBMS Vol 55 (3): 413-441.
	Roberts, P.	2007	British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina	Field Mycology Vol 8 (4): 127-133.

Tremella polyporina (a brain fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Tremella
(a genus of fungal-parasite brain fungi)

TREMELLOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tremella polyporina (a brain fungus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tremella polyporina (a brain fungus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Tremella polyporina is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)