Fungalpedia – Note 2357, Phaeotremella
Phaeotremella. Rea.
Citation when using this data: Yuan HS et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Basidiomycota.
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Classification: Phaeotremellaceae, Tremellales, Incertae sedis, Tremellomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi
Notes: The genus was established by Rea (1912) with one species, Phaeotremella pseudofoliacea Rea, but it was later considered a synonym of Tremella foliacea Pers. (Donk 1966; Roberts 1999). The viewpoint was accepted by some researchers and some species similar to T. foliacea were described in Tremella Pers. (Donk 1966; Chen 1998; Pippola and Kotiranta 2008; Boekhout et al. 2011; Weiss et al. 2014). The genus Tremella was shown to be polyphyletic based on molecular data and these species similar to T. foliacea (the T. foliacea group) formed a single clade in the phylogenies (Boekhout et al. 2011). Liu et al. (2015a) resurrected the generic name Phaeotremella for the T. foliacea group, which was recognized in later studies (Wedin et al. 2016; Spirin et al. 2017).
Type species: Phaeotremella pseudofoliacea Rea, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 3(5): 377 (1912) [1911]
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Phaeotremella.
Figure 1 – Microscopic structures of Phaeotremella yunnanensis (BJFC 019764, holotype). a Basidiospores. b Conidia. c Basidia. d Conidiophores with conidia. e Hyphae from context.
References
Donk MA (1966) Check list of European hymenomycetous Heterobasidiae. Persoonia 4:145–244
Rea C (1912) New and rare British fungi. Trans Br mycol Soc 3:376–380
Entry by
Hai-Sheng Yuan, CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110164, People’s Republic of China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China
Published online 30 April 2026