Mensularia nodulosa (Fr.) T. Wagner & M. Fisch.
(Silvery Porecrust)

Interactions where Mensularia nodulosa 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
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen branch ForeignRare Alnus alders Fagales: Betulaceae Alder Carr Fungi - Some British Alder-associated wood-inhabiting fungi, Ainsworth, M., 2010
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Mensularia nodulosa/Mensularia nodulosasilvery porecrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/Alnusaldersdead, fallenbranchRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen branch ForeignRare Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Alder Carr Fungi - Some British Alder-associated wood-inhabiting fungi, Ainsworth, M., 2010
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Mensularia nodulosa/Mensularia nodulosasilvery porecrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchesdead, fallenbranchRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen branch UK/IrelandMajor Fagus beeches Fagales: Fagaceae 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/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Mensularia nodulosa/Mensularia nodulosasilvery porecrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdead, fallenbranchMajor

Interactions where Mensularia nodulosa is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

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Affected Part 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 Summary
(moribund) moribund bracket is parasitised by bracket Foreign Antrodiella serpula Polyporales: Phanerochaetaceae Alder Carr Fungi - Some British Alder-associated wood-inhabiting fungi, Ainsworth, M., 2010
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Antrodiella serpula/Antrodiella serpulabracket Fungus / parasiteForeign /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Mensularia nodulosa/Mensularia nodulosasilvery porecrustmoribundbracket bracket parasitises moribund bracket

Author & YearTitleSource
Ainsworth, M., 2010Alder Carr Fungi - Some British Alder-associated wood-inhabiting fungiField Mycology Vol 11 (1): 10-15.
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

Mensularia nodulosa (Silvery Porecrust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mensularia nodulosa (Silvery Porecrust) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMensularia nodulosa (Silvery Porecrust)
FamilyHYMENOCHAETACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
OrderHYMENOCHAETALES (an order of basidiomycete fungi)
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 Mensularia nodulosa (Silvery Porecrust)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ainsworth, M. 2010 Alder Carr Fungi - Some British Alder-associated wood-inhabiting fungi Field Mycology Vol 11 (1): 10-15.
Ainsworth, M. 2004 Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature
Dickson, G. & Leonard, A. 1996 Fungi of the New Forest - A Mycota 210pp, British Mycological Society

Mensularia nodulosa (Silvery Porecrust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mensularia nodulosa (Silvery Porecrust):

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