BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Daldinia concentrica (Bolton) Ces. & De Not., 1863 (King Alfred’s Cake, Cramp-ball)
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daldinia concentrica | Fruitbody | 3 February 1999 | Berks | England | 6 | |
| Daldinia concentrica | Fruitbody | 10 June 1975 | East Sussex | England | 1 |
Suggested Literature
General Works
| Henrici, A., 2001 (Recent splits mentioned. D. concentrica ss. on Ash and Beech.) | Notes and Records (July 2001) |
Daldinia concentrica may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
ASCOMYCOTA (spore-shooters) |
ASCOMYCETES (spore shooters) |
XYLARIACEAE (a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Daldinia concentrica is associated with:
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stroma | Acer - maples (Aceraceae) | superficial stroma is saprobic on | 
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Henrici, A., 2001 [D. concentrica has been split into several species on different hosts] Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
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stroma | Alnus - alders (Betulaceae) | superficial stroma is saprobic on |
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Henrici, A., 2001 [D. concentrica has been split into several species on different hosts] Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
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stroma | Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) | superficial stroma is saprobic on |
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Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
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stroma | Fraxinus - ashes (Oleaceae) | superficial stroma is saprobic on recently dead, fallen branch | 
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Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
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stroma | Fraxinus - ashes (Oleaceae) | superficial stroma is saprobic on recently dead, attached branch |
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Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
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stroma | Salix - willows (Salicaceae) | superficial stroma is saprobic on |
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Henrici, A., 2001 [D. concentrica has been split into several species on different hosts] Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
Associated with Daldinia concentrica:
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ascocarp (dead) | dead ascocarp is decayed by colony of Verticillium anamorph | Nectria inventa - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) | Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide: http://www.bioimages.org.uk | |
| fruitbody | fruitbody may contain larva | Biphyllus lunatus - a biphyllid beetle (Coleoptera: Biphyllidae) | Bullock, J.A., 1992 | ||
| fruitbody | fruitbody may contain larva | Platyrhinus resinosus - Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) | Morris, M.G., 1990 Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
Daldinia concentrica may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
ASCOMYCETES (spore shooters) |
References
| Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide: http://www.bioimages.org.uk | Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide |
| Bullock, J.A., 1992 | Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations |
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook |
| Henrici, A., 2001 | Notes and Records (July 2001) |
| Morris, M.G., 1990 | Orthocerous Weevils |
