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Macrocystidia cucumis (Pers.) Joss., 1934 (Cucumber Cap)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Macrocystidia cucumis Fruitbody 21 October 1982 North Wiltshire England 6

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Kibby, G., 2003, Macrocystidia cucumis, Field Mycology, Volume 4 (1): 2 Macrocystidia cucumis
Noordeloos, M.E. Chapter in…

Macrocystidia cucumis may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Macrocystidia cucumis is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees fruitbody is saprobic on Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [rich humic or nitrogenous soil]
Photos fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody is saprobic on Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [rich humic or nitrogenous soil]
Photos fruitbody Trees - Broadleaved And Coniferous Trees fruitbody is saprobic on shredded bark of mulch Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [rich humic or nitrogenous soil]
Photos fruitbody Trees - Broadleaved And Coniferous Trees fruitbody is saprobic on woodchip of mulch Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [rich humic or nitrogenous soil]
Photos fruitbody Urtica dioica - Common Nettle (Urticaceae) fruitbody is associated with Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [rich humic or nitrogenous soil]

Associated with Macrocystidia cucumis:

Macrocystidia cucumis may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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