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Athelia epiphylla Pers., 1822 (a resupinate fungus)

Suggested Literature

Athelia epiphylla 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)
POLYPORALES
(polypores)
Athelia
(a genus of resupinate basidiomycetes)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Athelia epiphylla is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees fruitbody is saprobic on leaf litter UK/Ireland 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 decayed wood UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Lecanora - a genus of crustose lichens (Lecanorales: Lecanoraceae) fruitbody parasitises thallus UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Xanthoria - a genus of lichens (Teloschistales: Teloschistaceae) fruitbody parasitises thallus UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Lichenes - Lichens fruitbody parasitises thallus UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

There may be more taxa associated with Athelia epiphylla listed at higher taxonomic level

Athelia epiphylla agg
(a resupinate fungus)

Associated with Athelia epiphylla:

is parasitised by effuse colony of Oncopodiella dematiaceous anamorph Oncopodiella hyperparasitica - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
is parasitised by effuse colony of Pleurophragmium dematiaceous anamorph Spadicoides xylogena - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Trichosphaeriales: Helminthosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

Athelia epiphylla may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

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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