Rhizopogon villosulus Zeller
(Reticulated Beard Truffle)

Interactions where Rhizopogon villosulus 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 (subhypogeous) subhypogeous fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root QuestionableMajor Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae 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/Boletales/Rhizopogonaceae/Rhizopogon villosulus/Rhizopogon villosulusreticulated beard trufflesubhypogeousfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/PiceasprucesliverootMajor
fruitbody (subhypogeous) subhypogeous fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root QuestionableMajor Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir Pinales: Pinaceae 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/Boletales/Rhizopogonaceae/Rhizopogon villosulus/Rhizopogon villosulusreticulated beard trufflesubhypogeousfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas firliverootMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
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

Rhizopogon villosulus (Reticulated Beard Truffle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Rhizopogon villosulus (Reticulated Beard Truffle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhizopogon villosulus (Reticulated Beard Truffle)
GenusRhizopogon (beard truffles)
FamilyRHIZOPOGONACEAE (beard truffles)
OrderBOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
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 Rhizopogon villosulus (Reticulated Beard Truffle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Hawker, L.E. 1955 Hypogeous Fungi IV and V TBMS Vol 38 (1): 73-77.

Rhizopogon villosulus (Reticulated Beard Truffle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Rhizopogon villosulus (Reticulated Beard Truffle):

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