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Tomentella Pat., 1887 (a genus of mycorrhizal resupinate fungi)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Tomentella Fruitbody 17 September 2006 Berks England 3 5 4

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #webs
Species Tomentella asperula (P. Karst.) Höhn. & Litsch., 1906 (a resupinate fungus)       2
Species Tomentella atrovirens (Bres.) Höhn. & Litsch., 1907 (a resupinate fungus)       3
Species Tomentella badia (Link) Stalpers, 1975 (a resupinate fungus)       2
Species Tomentella bryophila (Pers.) M.J. Larsen, 1974 (a resupinate fungus)       2
Species Tomentella cinerascens (P. Karst.) Höhn. & Litsch., 1906 (a resupinate fungus)       1
Species Tomentella clavigera Litsch., 1960 (a resupinate fungus)       1
Species Tomentella coerulea (Bres.) Höhn. & Litsch., 1907 (a resupinate fungus)       1
Species Tomentella crinalis (Fr.) M.J. Larsen, 1967 (a resupinate fungus)       3
Species Tomentella ellisii (Sacc.) Jülich & Stalpers, 1980 (a resupinate fungus)       4
Species Tomentella ferruginea (Pers.) Pat., 1887 (a resupinate fungus)       3
Species Tomentella fibrosa (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Kõljalg, 1996 (a resupinate fungus)       2
Species Tomentella fuscocinerea (Pers.) Donk, 1933 (a resupinate fungus)       1
Species Tomentella griseoviolacea Litsch., 1941 (a resupinate fungus)       1
Species Tomentella italica (Sacc.) M.J. Larsen, 1967 (a resupinate fungus)       5
Species Tomentella lapidum (Pers.) Stalpers, 1984 (a resupinate fungus)       1
Species Tomentella lateritia Pat., 1894 (a resupinate fungus) 6 1 14 1
Species Tomentella lilacinogrisea Wakef., 1966 (a resupinate fungus)       5
Species Tomentella microspora (P. Karst.) Höhn. & Litsch., 1906 (a resupinate fungus)       2
Species Tomentella pilosa (Burt) Bourdot & Galzin, 1924 (a resupinate fungus)       3
Species Tomentella puberula Bourdot & Galzin, 1924 (a resupinate fungus)       3
Species Tomentella punicea (Alb. & Schwein.) J. Schröt., 1889 (a resupinate fungus)       5
Species Tomentella radiosa (P. Karst.) Rick, 1934 (a resupinate fungus)       6
Species Tomentella stuposa (Link) Stalpers, 1984 (a resupinate fungus)       1
Species Tomentella subclavigera Litsch., 1933 (a resupinate fungus)       2
Species Tomentella sublilacina (Ellis & Holw.) Wakef., 1962 (a resupinate fungus) 6 3   3
Species Tomentella subtestacea Bourdot & Galzin, 1924 (a resupinate fungus)       1
Species Tomentella testaceogilva Bourdot & Galzin, 1924 (a resupinate fungus)       2
Species Tomentella umbrinospora M.J. Larsen, 1963 (a resupinate fungus)       3
Species Tomentella viridula Bourdot & Galzin, 1924 (a resupinate fungus)       4

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Kõljalg, U., 1995 Tomentella (Basidiomycota) and related genera in Temperate Eurasia

General Works

Leake, J.R., 2005 Plants parasitic on fungi: unearthing the fungi in myco-heterotrophs and debunking the "saprophytic" plant myth

Tomentella 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)
THELEPHORALES
(an order of basidiomycete fungi)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Tomentella:

ectomycorrhiza ectomycorrhiza is parasitised by plant Corallorhiza trifida - Coralroot Orchid (Orchidaceae) Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005

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

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)

References

Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005 Fungi

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