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Tomentella ferruginea (Pers.) Pat., 1887 (a resupinate fungus)

Suggested Literature

Tomentella ferruginea may 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)
THELEPHORALES
(an order of basidiomycete fungi)
Tomentella
(a genus of mycorrhizal resupinate fungi)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Tomentella ferruginea is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Juncus - rushes (Juncaceae) fruitbody may be found on dead, decayed debris Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees fruitbody may be found on dead, decayed wood Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Tomentella ferruginea:

fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by crowded, subiculate perithecium Melanospora caprina - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Ceratostomataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

Tomentella ferruginea may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
Tomentella
(a genus of mycorrhizal resupinate fungi)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
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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