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(Ectomycorrhizal fungi)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #notes #refs #webs
Anamorphic Species Cercospora crataegi Sacc. & Massal. (Hawthorn Leaf-spot)             1
Genus Tuber F.H. Wigg., 1780 (a genus of truffles) 5 4   10   6 3
Genus Hebeloma (Fr.) P. Kumm., 1871 (poisonpie toadstools) 33 49 13 9   11 76
Genus Naucoria (Fr.) P. Kumm., 1871 (aldercap toadstools) 16 40 29 32   4 20
Genus Cortinarius (Pers.) Gray, 1821 (webcap toadstools) 231 391 272 154 3 71 401
Genus Inocybe (Fr.) Fr., 1863 (fibrecap toadstools) 108 279 98 84 46 32 223
Species Leucocortinarius bulbiger (Alb. & Schwein.) Singer, 1945 (White Webcap)           1 1
Species Rozites caperatus (Pers.) P. Karst., 1879 (The Gypsy)   3       1 3
Genus Laccaria Berk. & Broome, 1883 (deceiver toadstools) 10 46 23 16 9 12 17
Genus Amanita Pers., 1797 (grisettes and amanitas) 37 228 35 75 36 46 99
Genus Mycena (Pers.) Roussel, 1806 (a genus of bonnet toadstools) 81 320 101 167 70 28 303
Genus Tricholoma (Fr.) Staude, 1857 (knight toadstools) 51 111 59 23 18 37 88
Family BOLETACEAE Chevall., 1826 (sponge cap toadstools) 73 532 204 122 33 84 271
Family GOMPHIDIACEAE Maire ex Jülich, 1982 (spike toadstools) 4 38 2 5   3 13
Family GYROPORACEAE Locq., 1984 (a family of boletes) 3            
Species Gyroporus castaneus (Bull.) Quél., 1886 (Chestnut Bolete)     8       3
Species Gyroporus cyanescens (Bull.) Quél., 1886 (a bolete)           1 8
Species Rubinoboletus rubinus (W.G. Sm.) Pilát & Dermek, 1969 (a bolete)           3 2
Family HYMENOGASTERACEAE Vittad., 1831 (a family of truffles) 11         7 40
Family LEUCOGASTRACEAE Moreau ex Fogel, 1979 (a family of basidiomycete truffles) 1            
Species Leucogaster liosporus R. Hesse, 1882 (a basidiomycete truffle)             1
Family OCTAVIANIACEAE Locq. ex Pegler & T.W.K. Young, 1979 (a family of gasteromycetes) 5         1 7
Family PAXILLACEAE Lotsy, 1907 (a family of bolete toadstools) 4 18   2   11 19
Family RHIZOPOGONACEAE Gäum. & C.W. Dodge, 1928 (beard truffles) 5            
Genus Rhizopogon Fr. & Nordholm, 1817 (beard truffles) 5 15   5   3 9
Family SCLERODERMATACEAE Corda, 1842 (earthballs and dyeballs) 8 25 51 41   11 22
Family SUILLACEAE (Singer) Besl & Bresinsky, 1997 (a family of boletes) 13            
Genus Suillus Gray, 1821 (a genus of boletes) 13 77 13 7 4 9 35
Family RUSSULACEAE Lotsy, 1907 (milkcaps and russulas) 224 595 168 298 2 85 578
Order THELEPHORALES Corner ex Oberw., 1976 (an order of basidiomycete fungi) 59 92 34 64   30 152
Genus Sebacina Tul., 1871 (a genus of jelly fungi) 3   1     2 9

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Thoen, D., 1977 Identification of ectomycorrhizal fungi by thin layer chromatography

General Works

Finlay, R.D., 2004 Mycorrhizal fungi and their multifunctional roles
Newton, A.C. & Haigh, J.M., 1998 Diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi in Britain: a test of the species-area relationship, and the role of host specificity
Watling, R., 1980 Mycorrhizal fungi

(Ectomycorrhizal fungi) may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

(Ectomycorrhizal fungi) is associated with:

Photos mycelium Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - Ectomycorrhizal Or Ectotrophic Mycorrhizal Trees And Shrubs live mycelium is ectomycorrhizal with live root
Photos mycelium Cephalanthera damasonium - White Helleborine (Orchidaceae) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with live root Harrap, A. & S., 2009
mycelium Cephalanthera rubra - Red Helleborine (Orchidaceae) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with live root Harrap, A. & S., 2009
mycelium Epipactis atrorubens - Dark-red Helleborine (Orchidaceae) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with live root Foreign Harrap, A. & S., 2009
Photos mycelium Epipactis helleborine - Broad-leaved Helleborine (Orchidaceae) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with live root Harrap, A. & S., 2009
mycelium Epipactis leptochila - Narrow-lipped Heleborine (Orchidaceae) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with live root Questionable Harrap, A. & S., 2009
Photos mycelium Epipactis purpurata - Violet Helleborine (Orchidaceae) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with live root Questionable Harrap, A. & S., 2009

Associated with (Ectomycorrhizal fungi):

Photos mycelium (live) live mycelium is parasitised by live root Cephalanthera damasonium - White Helleborine (Orchidaceae) Harrap, A. & S., 2009
mycelium (live) live mycelium is parasitised by live root Cephalanthera rubra - Red Helleborine (Orchidaceae) Harrap, A. & S., 2009
mycelium (live) live mycelium is parasitised by live root Epipactis atrorubens - Dark-red Helleborine (Orchidaceae) Questionable Harrap, A. & S., 2009
Photos mycelium (live) live mycelium is parasitised by live root Epipactis helleborine - Broad-leaved Helleborine (Orchidaceae) Questionable Harrap, A. & S., 2009
mycelium (live) live mycelium is parasitised by live root Epipactis leptochila - Narrow-lipped Heleborine (Orchidaceae) Questionable Harrap, A. & S., 2009
Photos mycelium (live) live mycelium is parasitised by live root Epipactis purpurata - Violet Helleborine (Orchidaceae) Harrap, A. & S., 2009

Ectomycorrhizal fungi may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)

References

Harrap, A. & S., 2009 Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide

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