BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Ossicaulis lignatilis (Pers.) Redhead & Ginns, 1985 (Mealy Oyster)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Ossicaulis lignatilis	Fruitbody	24 October 1985	North Wiltshire	England	10
Ossicaulis lignatilis	Fruitbody	1 October 1981	North Wiltshire	England	3

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Ossicaulis lignatilis may also be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Ossicaulis lignatilis is associated with:

	fruitbody	Acer campestre - Field Maple (Aceraceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen trunk (large)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody	Acer campestre - Field Maple (Aceraceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen wood		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody	Acer campestre - Field Maple (Aceraceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, hollow stump (large)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [often inside hollow stumps]
	fruitbody	Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore, Great Maple (Aceraceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen wood		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody	Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore, Great Maple (Aceraceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, hollow stump (large)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [often inside hollow stumps]
	fruitbody	Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore, Great Maple (Aceraceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen trunk (large)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody	Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen trunk (large)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody	Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, hollow stump (large)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [often inside hollow stumps]
	fruitbody	Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen wood		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody	Fraxinus - ashes (Oleaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen wood		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody	Fraxinus - ashes (Oleaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, hollow stump (large)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [often inside hollow stumps]
	fruitbody	Fraxinus - ashes (Oleaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen trunk (large)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody	Crataegus - hawthorns (Rosaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen trunk (large)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody	Crataegus - hawthorns (Rosaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, hollow stump (large)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [often inside hollow stumps]
	fruitbody	Crataegus - hawthorns (Rosaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen wood		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody	Populus nigra - Black-poplar (Salicaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen trunk (large)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody	Populus nigra - Black-poplar (Salicaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen wood		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody	Populus nigra - Black-poplar (Salicaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, hollow stump (large)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [often inside hollow stumps]
	fruitbody	Ulmus - elms (Ulmaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen trunk (large)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody	Ulmus - elms (Ulmaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen wood		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody	Ulmus - elms (Ulmaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, hollow stump (large)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [often inside hollow stumps]
	fruitbody	Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen trunk (large)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody	Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen wood		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	fruitbody	Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, hollow stump (large)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [often inside hollow stumps]

Associated with Ossicaulis lignatilis:

Ossicaulis lignatilis may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References