Basionym: Tremella encephala Willd., Bot. Mag. (Römer & Usteri) 2 (4): 17 (1788) [MB#493673] Obligate synonyms: - Tremella encephala Pers., Synopsis methodica fungorum (1801) [MB#223348] - Encephalium aurantiacum Link, Magazin der Gesellschaft Naturforschenden Freunde Berlin 7: 33 (1816) [MB#431620] - Naematelia encephaliformis (Willd.) Fr. (1818) [MB#493046] - Tremella encephaliformis Willd. (1788) [MB#587175] Taxonomic synonyms: - Tremella alabastrina Bref., Untersuchungen aus dem Gesammtgebiete der Mykologie 7: 129, t. 8:29-33 (1888) [MB#232362] - Tremella fragiformis Pers., Synopsis methodica fungorum: 622 (1801) [MB#173527] - Naematelia japonica Lloyd, Mycol. Writ.: 5 (1915) [MB#187575] - Tremella japonica (Lloyd) Lloyd, Bot. Mag. Tokyo: 385 (1915) [MB#493936]