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Pinus contorta Doug. ex. Loud. (Lodgepole And Beach Or Shore Pines)

Suggested Literature

Pinus contorta may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
PINOPSIDA
(conifers)
PINACEAE
(pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Pinus contorta:

is associate of fruitbody Hebeloma arenosa - a poisonpie (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on soil]
branch (dead, fallen) dead, fallen branch is decayed by Cryptosporiopsis anamorph Pezicula livida - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead, fallen) dead, fallen branch is decayed by erumpent, solitary or clustered apothecium Pezicula livida - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
cone (dead, fallen) dead, fallen cone is decayed by Cryptosporiopsis anamorph Pezicula livida - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
cone (dead, fallen) dead, fallen cone is decayed by erumpent, solitary or clustered apothecium Pezicula livida - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
cone (fallen) fallen cone is decayed by conidioma of Sirococcus coelomycetous anamorph Sirococcus conigenus - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Cortinarius malicorius - a toadstool (Agaricales: Cortinariaceae) UK/Ireland Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos root (live) live root may be infected and damaged by fruitbody Phaeolus schweinitzii - Dyer's Bracket (Polyporales: Polyporaceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stump stump may contain larva Hylobius abietis - Pine Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Major Morris, M.G., 2002
wood (decayed) decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody Dacryobolus sudans - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Meruliaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Pinus contorta may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)
PINACEAE
(pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)
Pinus
(pines)
(two-needled pines)
(two-needled pines)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: 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
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae

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