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Typhula crassipes Fuckel, 1870 (a minute club fungus)

Notes (MWS) A small club fungus growing on debris including rotten leaves of *Betula* and stems of *Epilobium*. It has a sclerotium which often produces more than one fruitbody.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos #microphotos
Typhula crassipes Fruitbody 17 October 2000 Berks England 4 16

Suggested Literature

Typhula crassipes 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)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Typhula crassipes is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore, Great Maple (Aceraceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed leaf Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Alnus - alders (Betulaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed leaf Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Chamerion angustifolium - Rosebay Willowherb (Onagraceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed leaf 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 dead, fallen, decayed leaf Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Typhula crassipes:

Typhula crassipes may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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