Appearance
Fruit bodies are gelatinous, dull pale pink to yellowish pink, up to 3 cm across, and brain-like with a hard, whitish core when cut. Microscopically, the hyphae are clamped and occur in a dense gelatinous matrix. Haustorial cells arise on the hyphae, producing filaments that attach to and penetrate the unclamped hyphae of the host . The basidia are tremelloid , 13–20 by 12–17 μm, usually unstalked. The basidiospores are mostly roughly spherical in shape, smooth, 6–11 by 5.5–9 μm, and germinate by hyphal tube or by yeast cells.
Distribution
''Tremella encephala'' is a parasite of ''Stereum sanguinolentum'', growing on and often completely enveloping host basidiocarps. Following its host, fruit bodies are typically found on dead, attached or recently fallen branches of conifers.The species has a north temperate distribution and is known throughout North America, Europe, and northern Asia. It has also been recorded from Australia.
Habitat
''Tremella encephala'' is a parasite of ''Stereum sanguinolentum'', growing on and often completely enveloping host basidiocarps. Following its host, fruit bodies are typically found on dead, attached or recently fallen branches of conifers.The species has a north temperate distribution and is known throughout North America, Europe, and northern Asia. It has also been recorded from Australia.
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