Arrhenia peltigerina (Peck) Redhead, Lutzoni, Moncalvo & Vilgalys
(a lichenicolous toadstool)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesArrhenia peltigerina (a lichenicolous toadstool)
GenusArrhenia (a genus of toadstools)
FamilyTRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Arrhenia peltigerina (a lichenicolous toadstool) :
1: Arrhenia peltigerina (a lichenicolous toadstool)
28 Dec 2015 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
2 small fruitbodies, near moribund Peltigera
Image 1: Fruitbody - side viewImage 2: Fruitbody - top viewImage 3: Fruitbody - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Fruitbody - lateral view - enlarged - white background (2)Image 5: Fruitbody - underside view showing gills - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Fruitbody - underside view showing gills - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 7: Spores - magnifiedImage 8: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 9: Spores - highly magnified (2)Image 10: Spores - highly magnified (3)
2: Arrhenia peltigerina (a lichenicolous toadstool)
5 Dec 2015 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
amongst moribund Peltigera hymenina
Image 1: Cap - half dry - white backgroundImage 2: Fruitbody - underside to show gillsImage 3: Gills - white backgroundImage 4: Fruitbodies - old - top view - enlargedImage 5: Fruitbodies - top view - enlargedImage 6: Gills - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Spores - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Spores - highly magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Spores - highly magnified - white background (2)Image 10: Spores - highly magnified - white background (3)Image 11: Spores - highly magnified - white background (4)Image 12: Spores - highly magnified - white background (5)Image 13: Spores - highly magnified - white background (6)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Orton, P.D. 1977 Notes on British Agarics V Kew Bulletin Vol 31 (3): 709-721.

Arrhenia peltigerina (a lichenicolous toadstool) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Arrhenia peltigerina (a lichenicolous toadstool)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Arrhenia peltigerina (a lichenicolous toadstool)

A small grey "Omphalina" toadstool that grows only on the moribund thalli of Peltigera lichens.

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