Verpa conica (O.F. Müll.) Sw.
(Thimble Morel)

Interactions where Verpa conica 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 associated with UK/Ireland Crataegus hawthorns Rosales: Rosaceae On the exceptional abundance of Verpa conica with notes on unusual occurrence of other fungi, Reid, D.A., 1977
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Morchellaceae/Verpa conica/Verpa conicathimble morelfruitbody Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/Crataegushawthorns (mid 4 - mid 5)

Author & YearTitleSource
Reid, D.A., 1977On the exceptional abundance of Verpa conica with notes on unusual occurrence of other fungiBull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 11 (2): 131-136.

Verpa conica (Thimble Morel) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Verpa conica (Thimble Morel) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVerpa conica (Thimble Morel)
GenusVerpa (a genus of morels)
FamilyMORCHELLACEAE (morels)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Verpa conica (Thimble Morel)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Reid, D.A. 1977 On the exceptional abundance of Verpa conica with notes on unusual occurrence of other fungi Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 11 (2): 131-136.

Verpa conica (Thimble Morel) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Verpa conica (Thimble Morel):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 21 images of Verpa conica (Thimble Morel)
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