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Gomphus clavatus (Pers.) Gray, 1821 (Pig's Ear)

1992 (Provisional) Red Data List Endangered
2007 (Draft) Red Data List EX 1927

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Evans, S., 2002 (Colour painting) Conservation Corner (Jan 2002)
Evans, S., 2003 (Colour photograph) Conservation Corner (April 2003)

General Works

Henrici, A., 2001 (not seen in Britain since 1927) Notes and Records (Oct 2001)

Gomphus clavatus 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)
GOMPHACEAE
(a family of fairy clubs)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Gomphus clavatus is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decaying wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on soil]
Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees fruitbody is associated with Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on soil]

Associated with Gomphus clavatus:

Gomphus clavatus may be associated with 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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