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Auriscalpium vulgare Gray, 1821 (Earpick Fungus)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Auriscalpium vulgare Fruitbody 7 October 2001 East Gloucestershire England 3
Auriscalpium vulgare Fruitbody 21 November 1998 Berks England 10 2
Auriscalpium vulgare Fruitbody 2 March 1981 North Wiltshire England 1
Auriscalpium vulgare Fruitbody 16 October 1976 Surrey England 8
Auriscalpium vulgare Fruitbody 3 October 1971 East Norfolk England 2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Dickson, G., 2000 A field key to British non-resupinate hydnoid fungi
Maas Geesteranus, R.A., 1975 Die Terrestriche Stachelpilze Europas

Auriscalpium vulgare 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)
RUSSULALES
(an order of toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Auriscalpium vulgare is associated with:

fruitbody Abies - firs (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on decayed, buried or partly buried cone UK/Ireland Questionable Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Larix - larches (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on decayed, buried or partly buried cone UK/Ireland Questionable Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinus - pines (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on decayed, buried or partly buried cone UK/Ireland Restricted Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinus sylvestris - Scots Pine (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on decayed, buried or partly buried cone UK/Ireland Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Auriscalpium vulgare:

fruitbody (live) live fruitbody is parasitised by fruitbody Limonomyces culmigenus - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Corticiaceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Auriscalpium vulgare may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)

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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