Amphinema byssoides (Fr.) J. Erikss.
(Cratered Duster)

Interactions where Amphinema byssoides 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 is saprobic on dead, fallen fruitbody			POLYPORALES	polypores		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/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Amphinema byssoides/	Amphinema byssoides	cratered duster				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/	Polyporales	polypores		dead, fallen		fruitbody
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, leaf litter			Betula	birches	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/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Amphinema byssoides/	Amphinema byssoides	cratered duster				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches	?	dead, leaf	litter
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead woody debris			Betula	birches	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/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Amphinema byssoides/	Amphinema byssoides	cratered duster				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches	?	dead	woody debris
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, leaf litter			PINOPSIDA	conifers		The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 2 Aleurodiscus - Confertobasidium, Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L., 1973 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/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Amphinema byssoides/	Amphinema byssoides	cratered duster				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead, leaf	litter
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead woody debris			PINOPSIDA	conifers		The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 2 Aleurodiscus - Confertobasidium, Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L., 1973 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/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Amphinema byssoides/	Amphinema byssoides	cratered duster				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead	woody debris

Amphinema byssoides (Cratered Duster) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Amphinema (Bot.)
(a genus of basidiomycete fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Amphinema byssoides (Cratered Duster) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Author & Year	Title	Source
Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L., 1973	The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 2 Aleurodiscus - Confertobasidium	Corticiaceae of Northern Europe, The, 2, Fungiflora
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	Amphinema byssoides (Cratered Duster)
Genus	Amphinema (Bot.) (a genus of basidiomycete fungi)
Family	ATHELIACEAE (a family of resupinate basidiomycetes)
Order	ATHELIALES (an order of basidiomycetes)
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)

Amphinema byssoides is also a member of:
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 Amphinema byssoides (Cratered Duster)

Amphinema byssoides (Cratered Duster) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Amphinema (Bot.)
(a genus of basidiomycete fungi)

ATHELIALES
(an order of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Amphinema byssoides (Cratered Duster):

Amphinema (Bot.)
(a genus of basidiomycete fungi)

ATHELIALES
(an order of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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