BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref., 1888 (Root Rot, Root Fomes)
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heterobasidion annosum | Fruitbody | 7 September 2000 | West Sussex | England | 8 | 2 |
| Heterobasidion annosum | Fruitbody | 28 September 1968 | East Sussex | England | 1 |
Suggested Literature
Heterobasidion annosum may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Heterobasidion annosum is associated with:
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fruitbody | Calluna vulgaris - Heather (Ericaceae) | fruitbody infects and damages live root | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
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fruitbody | Erica - bell heathers (Ericaceae) | fruitbody infects and damages live root |
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
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fruitbody | Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees | fruitbody infects and damages live root |
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
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fruitbody | Pinopsida - conifers | fruitbody infects and damages live root | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprotrophic] |
Associated with Heterobasidion annosum:
| bracket upper surface | bracket upper surface is parasitised by erumpent, in small groups, stromatic perithecium | Nectria polyporina - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 | ||
| bracket | bracket is parasitised by Gliocladium anamorph | Nectriopsis broomeana - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 | ||
| bracket | bracket is parasitised by subiculate perithecium | Nectriopsis broomeana - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 | ||
| mycelium (live) | live mycelium is inhibited by live mycelium | Phlebiopsis gigantea - a resupinate fungus (Polyporales: Phanerochaetaceae) | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [used for biocontrol] |
Heterobasidion annosum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
BASIDIOMYCETES (spore droppers) |
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 |
