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Fistulina hepatica (Schaeff.) With., 1792 (Beefsteak Fungus)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Fistulina hepatica Fruitbody 27 September 2001 Berks England 7 2 3
Fistulina hepatica Fruitbody 2 October 1971 East Norfolk England 1
Fistulina hepatica Infection 28 October 1969 East Norfolk England 1
Fistulina hepatica Fruitbody 28 October 1969 East Norfolk England 1

Suggested Literature

Fistulina hepatica 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)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Fistulina hepatica is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut (Fagaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
Photos fruitbody Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
Photos fruitbody Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
Photos fruitbody Rosa - roses (Rosaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood 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 is saprobic on dead wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
Photos mycelium Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut (Fagaceae) mycelium parasitises moribund wood Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
Photos mycelium Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) mycelium parasitises moribund wood Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
Photos mycelium Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae) mycelium parasitises moribund wood Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
Photos mycelium Rosa - roses (Rosaceae) mycelium parasitises moribund wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos mycelium Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees mycelium parasitises moribund wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]

Associated with Fistulina hepatica:

bracket bracket is parasitised by colony of Penicillium anamorph Penicillium aurantiogriseum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Eurotiales: Trichocomaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

Fistulina hepatica may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

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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