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Ischnoderma benzoinum (Wahlenb.) P. Karst., 1881 (Benzoin Bracket)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Ischnoderma benzoinum Fruitbody 20 October 2001 Berks England 4
Ischnoderma benzoinum Fruitbody 21 October 1998 Oxon England 12 2

Suggested Literature

Ischnoderma benzoinum 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)
POLYPORALES
(polypores)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Ischnoderma benzoinum is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk (large) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody Araucaria araucana - Monkey Puzzle (Araucariaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk (large) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody Araucaria araucana - Monkey Puzzle (Araucariaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody Abies - firs (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody Abies - firs (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk (large) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Picea - spruces (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Picea - spruces (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk (large) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinus - pines (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinus - pines (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk (large) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pseudotsuga menziesii - Douglas Fir (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pseudotsuga menziesii - Douglas Fir (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk (large) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Ischnoderma benzoinum:

Photos bracket (old) old bracket is parasitised by Cladobotryum anamorph Hypomyces aurantius - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
Photos bracket (old) old bracket is parasitised by subiculate perithecium Hypomyces aurantius - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

Ischnoderma benzoinum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
POLYPORALES
(polypores)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
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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