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Collybia cirrhata (Pers.) Quél., 1872 (Piggyback Shanklet)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Mattock, G., 2002 (Described but not illustrated)

Fungi upon other fungi grow - Britain's parasitic toadstools.

Collybia cirrhata 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)

TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

Collybia
(a genus of toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Collybia cirrhata is associated with:

fruitbody	Agaricales - mushrooms and toadstools	fruitbody is saprobic on decaying basidiome	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Agaricales - mushrooms and toadstools	fruitbody is saprobic on mummified basidiome	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Pholiota - scalycap toadstools (Agaricales: Strophariaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on mummified basidiome	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Pholiota - scalycap toadstools (Agaricales: Strophariaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on decaying basidiome	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Polyporales - polypores	fruitbody is saprobic on mummified fruitbody	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Polyporales - polypores	fruitbody is saprobic on decaying fruitbody	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Ganoderma australe - Artist's Fungus (Polyporales: Ganodermataceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on decaying basidiome	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Ganoderma australe - Artist's Fungus (Polyporales: Ganodermataceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on mummified basidiome	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Meripilus giganteus - Giant Polypore (Polyporales: Meripilaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on mummified basidiome	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Meripilus giganteus - Giant Polypore (Polyporales: Meripilaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on decaying basidiome	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Lactarius - milkcap toadstools (Russulales: Russulaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on decaying basidiome	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Lactarius - milkcap toadstools (Russulales: Russulaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on mummified basidiome	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Russula - brittlegill toadstools, russulas (Russulales: Russulaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on mummified basidiome	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Russula - brittlegill toadstools, russulas (Russulales: Russulaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on decaying basidiome	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Collybia cirrhata:

Collybia cirrhata 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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