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Pleurotus cornucopiae (Paulet) Rolland, 1910 (Branching Oyster)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Pleurotus cornucopiae Fruitbody 30 May 1981 North Wiltshire England 4
Pleurotus cornucopiae Fruitbody 29 July 1980 North Wiltshire England 5
Pleurotus cornucopiae? Fruitbody 16 September 1977 South-west Yorkshire England 2

Suggested Literature

Pleurotus cornucopiae 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)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
PLEUROTACEAE
(oyster fungi)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Pleurotus cornucopiae is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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Photos fruitbody Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed trunk (large) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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Photos fruitbody Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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Photos fruitbody Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed trunk (large) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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Photos fruitbody Fraxinus - ashes (Oleaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed trunk (large) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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Photos fruitbody Fraxinus - ashes (Oleaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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Photos fruitbody Sorbus aucuparia - Rowan, Mountain Ash (Rosaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed trunk (large) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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Photos fruitbody Sorbus aucuparia - Rowan, Mountain Ash (Rosaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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Photos fruitbody Ulmus - elms (Ulmaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [formerly common in the aftermath of Dutch Elm Disease]
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Photos fruitbody Ulmus - elms (Ulmaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed trunk (large) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [formerly common in the aftermath of Dutch Elm Disease]
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Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed trunk (large) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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Associated with Pleurotus cornucopiae:

is associate of larva Fannia monilis - a lesser house fly (Diptera: Fanniidae) van Emden, F.I., 1954

Pleurotus cornucopiae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
Pleurotus
(oyster fungi)

References

Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide: http://www.bioimages.org.uk Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
van Emden, F.I., 1954 Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae

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