BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Tubaria dispersa (Pers.) Singer, 1961 (Hawthorn Twiglet)
| Notes (MWS) | A small toadstool that grows on buried, mummified hawthoth (*Crataegus*) haws in late spring and early autumn. It is common in southern England but less widespread in the north. Previously known as Tubaria autochthona. |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tubaria dispersa | Fruitbody | 18 October 1997 | North Wiltshire | England | 23 | |
| Tubaria dispersa | Fruitbody | 29 August 1982 | North Wiltshire | England | 6 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Legg, A., 2001 | Associations of Tubaria dispersa (=T. autochthona) in Britain |
General Works
| Blackwell, J., 2001 (More thoughts on its substrate preferences) | Tubaria dispersa |
Tubaria dispersa may also be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Tubaria dispersa is associated with:
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fruitbody | Ilex aquifolium - Holly (Aquifoliaceae) | fruitbody is saprobic on buried, mummified berry | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
| fruitbody | Amelanchier lamarckii - Juneberry (Rosaceae) | fruitbody is saprobic on buried, mummified berry |
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | |
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fruitbody | Cotoneaster - cotoneasters (Rosaceae) | fruitbody is saprobic on buried, mummified berry | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
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fruitbody | Crataegus - hawthorns (Rosaceae) | fruitbody is saprobic on buried, mummified berry | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
Associated with Tubaria dispersa:
Tubaria dispersa may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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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 |
