The order currently comprises 8 families, containing around 300 valid species. Significant genera include Tremella, two species of which are edible and commercially cultivated, and the yeast genera Cryptococcus and Trichosporon, several species of which are human pathogens. ==History== The order Tremellales was created by Carleton Rea in 1922 for ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremellales
(from the article `Basidiomycota`) Jelly fungus is the common name for several species of the cosmopolitan order Tremellales, including those of the genus Tremella (40 species), so ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/76