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Definition of Tremellales
1. Noun. Fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Order
Group relationships: Basidiomycetes, Class Basidiomycetes
Member holonyms: Family Tremellaceae, Tremellaceae, Auriculariaceae, Family Auriculariaceae, Dacrymycetaceae, Family Dacrymycetaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tremellales
Literary usage of Tremellales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"... tremellales These fungi also appear as gelatinous growths on decaying wood
and tree trunks, these growths being complex and more or less indefinite ..."
2. A Preliminary Report on the Hymeniales of Connecticut by Edward Albert White (1905)
"The Auriculariales include plants of a gelatinous or cartilaginous consistency,
and are more or less ear- shaped ; the tremellales are jelly-like when moist ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"tremellales. Jelly Fungi. These are mostly wood or ground inhabitants. The fruits
are of moderate size and cushion-like or lobed in various ways. ..."
4. The Fungi which Cause Plant Disease by Frank Lincoln Stevens (1913)
"tremellales. Uredinales"' "• "• "• "•166'I70-175- 178' 183-187 * Small fungi,
mostly microscopic, parasitic in the tissues of ferns and seed plants. ..."
5. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"... and tremellales), including the rather common Jew's-ear fungus, whose basidia
become divided into four parts. In the Jew's-ear fungus the basidium ..."
6. Moulds, Mildews, and Mushrooms: A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Fungi by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1899)
"tremellales. This order, which contains the greater portion of the gelatinous
fungi, is composed of two small tropical families each containing a single ..."