Tubaria dispersa (Pers.) Singer
(Hawthorn Twiglet)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet)
GenusTubaria (a genus of twiglet toadstools)
FamilyTUBARIACEAE (a family of fungi)
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 Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet) :
1: Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet)
18 Oct 1997 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
on ground under hawthorn
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap (2)Image 3: Cap (3)Image 4: Cap (4)Image 5: FruitbodiesImage 6: Fruitbodies (2)Image 7: Fruitbodies (3)Image 8: Fruitbodies (4)Image 9: Fruitbodies (5)Image 10: Fruitbodies (6)Image 11: FruitbodyImage 12: Fruitbody (2)Image 13: Fruitbody (3)Image 14: Fruitbody (4)Image 15: Fruitbody (5)Image 16: Fruitbody (6)Image 17: Fruitbody (7)Image 18: Fruitbody (8)Image 19: Fruitbody (9)Image 20: GillsImage 21: Gills (2)Image 22: Gills (3)Image 23: Gills (4)
2: Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet)
28 Aug 1982 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: Fruitbody - young - side view showing stipe and ring zone - in situImage 2: Cap - top view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Cap - top view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 4: Fruitbodies - side view showing gills and stipe - lain down - enlargedImage 5: Fruitbody - side view showing gills and stipe - lain down - enlargedImage 6: Gills and stipe apex - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnifiedImage 8: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 9: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 10: DescriptionImage 11: Description - contd

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Lanzoni, G., et al 1999 Specie interessanti dell’erbario Lanzoni Fungi Non Delineati Pars VII.
Legg, A. 2001 Associations of Tubaria dispersa (=T. autochthona) in Britain Field Mycology Vol 2 (2): 43-44.

Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet)

A small pale toadstool with bright yellow gills that grows under Crataegus on mummified haws.

A small toadstool that grows on buried, mummified hawthoth (Crataegus) haws in late spring and early autumn. It is common in southern England but less widespread in the north. Previously known as Tubaria autochthona.

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