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Chaetocalathus craterellus (Durieu & Lév.) Singer, 1942 (an ear toadstool)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Antonín V. & Noordeloos M.E., 1997 A Monograph of Marasmius, Collybia and related genera in Europe.
Part II. Collybia, Gymnopus, Rhodocollyiba, Crinipellis, Chaetocalathus and additions to Marasmiellus
Watling, R. & Gregory, N.M., 1989 Crepidotaceae, Pleurotaceae and other pleurotoid Agarics

Chaetocalathus craterellus 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

Chaetocalathus craterellus is associated with:

Photos basidiome Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) basidiome is saprobic on dead, fallen twig Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos basidiome Rubus fruticosus agg. - bramble, blackberry (Rosaceae) basidiome is saprobic on dead stem Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Chaetocalathus craterellus:

Chaetocalathus craterellus 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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