Laccaria bicolor (Maire) P.D. Orton
(Bicoloured Deceiver)

Interactions where Laccaria bicolor is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
mycelium mycelium is predator of Folsomia candida a springtail Entomobryomorpha: Isotomidae Food-web dynamics - animal nitrogen swap for plant carbon, Klironomos, J.N. & Hart, M.M., 2001
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Hydnangiaceae/Laccaria bicolor/Laccaria bicolorbicoloured deceivermycelium Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Collembola/Entomobryomorpha/Isotomidae/Folsomia candida/Folsomia candidaa springtail
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Questionable [Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs] ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Hydnangiaceae/Laccaria bicolor/Laccaria bicolorbicoloured deceiverfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs/Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubsectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubsliveroot

Author & YearTitleSource
Klironomos, J.N. & Hart, M.M., 2001Food-web dynamics - animal nitrogen swap for plant carbonNature 410: 651-652.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Laccaria bicolor (Bicoloured Deceiver) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Laccaria bicolor (Bicoloured Deceiver) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLaccaria bicolor (Bicoloured Deceiver)
GenusLaccaria (deceiver toadstools)
FamilyHYDNANGIACEAE (a family of toadstools)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Laccaria bicolor (Bicoloured Deceiver)

Laccaria bicolor (Bicoloured Deceiver) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Finlay, R.D. 2005 Mycorrhizal symbiosis: myths, misconceptions, new perspectives and future research priorities Mycologist Vol 19 (3): 90-95.
Klironomos, J.N. & Hart, M.M. 2001 Food-web dynamics - animal nitrogen swap for plant carbon Nature 410: 651-652.
Kropp, B.R. 1990 Variable interactions between non-mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal strains of the basidiomycete Laccaria bicolor Mycol. Res. Vol 94 (3): 412-415.
Massicotte, H.B., Melville, L.H., & Peterson, R.L. 2005 Building a basidiocarp: a case study of Laccaria spp. fruitbodies in the extraradical mycelium of Pinus ectomycorrhizas Mycologist Vol 19 (4): 141-149.
Wong, K.K.Y., Piche, Y. & Fortin, J.A. 1990 Differential development of root colonization among four closely related genotypes of ectomycorrhizal Laccaria bicolor Mycol. Res. Vol 94 (7): 876-884.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Laccaria bicolor (Bicoloured Deceiver):

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