BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Sparassis crispa (Wulfen) Fr., 1821 (Wood Cauliflower)
Further Information
| Notes (MWS) | A large cauliflower-like fungus that is widespread and common, although usually seen in only small numbers. It fruits at the base of conifers, especially Pine (*Pinus*), where it is parasitic then saprobic on the roots, eventually killing the tree. | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
Sets of Photographs
These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.
| Taxon | Summary |  |
 |
Date | Vice-county | Country |
|---|
| Sparassis crispa | Fruitbody | 6 | 6 | 7 Oct 2001 | East Gloucestershire | England |
| Sparassis crispa | Fruitbody | 2 | 2 | 4 Oct 1975 | Berks | England |
| Sparassis crispa | Fruitbody | 1 | 1 | 5 Oct 1975 | Surrey | England |
Suggested Literature
Sparassis crispa may be covered by literature listed under:
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 10 feeding and other relationships of Sparassis crispa (Wood Cauliflower)
References
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota |
