Tremellodendropsis

Tremellodendropsis
Tremellodendropsis tuberosa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Tremellodendropsidales
Family: Tremellodendropsidaceae
Genus: Tremellodendropsis
(Corner) D.A.Crawford (1954)
Type species
Tremellodendropsis tuberosa
(Grev.) D.A.Crawford (1954)
Synonyms

Polyozus P.Karst. (1881) Pseudotremellodendron D.A.Reid (1956)

Tremellodendropsis is a genus of clavarioid fungi in the family Tremellodendropsidaceae. Species are distinguished microscopically by having partly septate basidia, a feature that led to their former placement within the Auriculariales or Tremellales. Molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has, however, shown that they form a distinct group within the Agaricomycetes.