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Pluteus leoninus (Schaeff.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Lion Shield)

1992 (Provisional) Red Data List Rare

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Pluteus leoninus Fruitbody 16 September 2002 West Sussex England 4
Pluteus leoninus Fruitbody 7 September 2000 West Sussex England 6 2 10

Suggested Literature

Pluteus leoninus 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)
PLUTEACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Pluteus leoninus is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Betula - birches (Betulaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on very decayed wood Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on very decayed wood Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on very decayed wood Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Salix - willows (Salicaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on very decayed wood Minor 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 very decayed wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [
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Associated with Pluteus leoninus:

Pluteus leoninus may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
Pluteus
(shield toadstools)

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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