Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae Boidin & Beller
(Pink Disco)

Interactions where Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 grows on attached branch			Alnus	alders	Fagales: Betulaceae	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/Russulales/Stereaceae/Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae/	Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae	pink disco				fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders		attached	branch
fruitbody		fruitbody grows on recently fallen branch			Alnus	alders	Fagales: Betulaceae	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/Russulales/Stereaceae/Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae/	Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae	pink disco				fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders		recently fallen	branch
fruitbody		fruitbody grows on attached branch			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/Russulales/Stereaceae/Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae/	Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae	pink disco				fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		attached	branch
fruitbody		fruitbody grows on recently fallen branch			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/Russulales/Stereaceae/Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae/	Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae	pink disco				fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		recently fallen	branch
fruitbody		fruitbody grows on attached branch			Quercus	oaks	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/Russulales/Stereaceae/Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae/	Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae	pink disco				fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		attached	branch
fruitbody		fruitbody grows on recently fallen branch			Quercus	oaks	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/Russulales/Stereaceae/Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae/	Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae	pink disco				fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		recently fallen	branch

Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae (Pink Disco) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae (Pink Disco) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Corticioid fungi
(whitewash fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Author & Year	Title	Source
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae (Pink Disco)
Genus	Aleurodiscus (a genus of basidiomycete fungi)
Family	STEREACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	RUSSULALES (an order of toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae is also a member of:
Corticioid fungi - whitewash fungi (via Stereaceae)
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Russulales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae (Pink Disco)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Henrici, A.	2013	Notes & Records (Jan 2013)	vol 14 (1)
	Wakefield, E.M.	1952	New or rare British hymenomycetes (Aphyllophorales)	TBMS Vol 35 (1): 34-65.

Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae (Pink Disco) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Aleurodiscus
(a genus of basidiomycete fungi)

RUSSULALES
(an order of toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Corticioid fungi
(whitewash fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae (Pink Disco):

Aleurodiscus
(a genus of basidiomycete fungi)

RUSSULALES
(an order of toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Corticioid fungi
(whitewash fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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