Tulasnella

Tulasnella
Tulasnella violea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Cantharellales
Family:	Tulasnellaceae
Genus:	Tulasnella J.Schröt. (1888)
Type species
Tulasnella lilacina J.Schröt. (1888)
Synonyms[1]
Hormomyces Bonord. (1851) Pachysterigma Johan-Olsen ex Bref. (1888) Prototremella Pat. (1888) Muciporus Juel (1897) Gloeotulasnella Höhn. & Litsch. (1908) Hormisciopsis Sumst. (1914) Epulorhiza R.T. Moore (1987)

Tulasnella is a genus of effused (patch-forming) fungi in the order Cantharellales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies), when visible, are typically smooth, ceraceous (waxy) to subgelatinous, frequently lilaceous to violet-grey, and formed on the underside of fallen branches and logs. They are microscopically distinct in having basidia with grossly swollen sterigmata (or epibasidia) on which basidiospores are formed. One atypical species, Tulasnella aurantiaca, produces orange to red, gelatinous, pustular anamorphs on wood. Some species form facultative mycorrhizas with orchids and liverworts. Around 80 species of Tulasnella are known worldwide.