Arrhenia retiruga (Bull.) Redhead
(Small Moss Oysterling)

Interactions where Arrhenia retiruga 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 parasitises gametophyte			BRYOPSIDA	mosses		Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Arrhenia retiruga/	Arrhenia retiruga	small moss oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/	Bryopsida	mosses				gametophyte
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises gametophyte			Dicranella subulata	Awl-leaved Forklet-moss	Dicranales: Dicranellaceae	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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Arrhenia retiruga/	Arrhenia retiruga	small moss oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Dicranales/Dicranellaceae/Dicranella subulata/	Dicranella subulata	awl-leaved forklet-moss				gametophyte
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises gametophyte			Funaria hygrometrica	Common Cord-moss	Funariales: Funariaceae	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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Arrhenia retiruga/	Arrhenia retiruga	small moss oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Funariales/Funariaceae/Funaria hygrometrica/	Funaria hygrometrica	common cord-moss				gametophyte
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises gametophyte			Brachythecium	a genus of feather-mosses	Hypnales: Brachytheciaceae	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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Arrhenia retiruga/	Arrhenia retiruga	small moss oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Hypnales/Brachytheciaceae/Brachythecium/	Brachythecium	a genus of feather-mosses				gametophyte
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises gametophyte			Homalothecium sericeum	Silky Wall Feather-moss	Hypnales: Brachytheciaceae	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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Arrhenia retiruga/	Arrhenia retiruga	small moss oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Hypnales/Brachytheciaceae/Homalothecium sericeum/	Homalothecium sericeum	silky wall feather-moss				gametophyte
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises gametophyte			Rhytidiadelphus	shaggy-mosses	Hypnales: Hylocomiaceae	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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Arrhenia retiruga/	Arrhenia retiruga	small moss oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Hypnales/Hylocomiaceae/Rhytidiadelphus/	Rhytidiadelphus	shaggy-mosses				gametophyte
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises gametophyte			Hypnum	plait-mosses	Hypnales: Hypnaceae	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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Arrhenia retiruga/	Arrhenia retiruga	small moss oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Hypnales/Hypnaceae/Hypnum/	Hypnum	plait-mosses				gametophyte
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises gametophyte			Calliergonella cuspidata	Pointed Spear-moss	Hypnales: Pylaisiaceae	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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Arrhenia retiruga/	Arrhenia retiruga	small moss oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Hypnales/Pylaisiaceae/Calliergonella cuspidata/	Calliergonella cuspidata	pointed spear-moss				gametophyte
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises gametophyte			Polytrichum	a genus of haircaps	Polytrichales: Polytrichaceae	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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Arrhenia retiruga/	Arrhenia retiruga	small moss oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Bryophyta/Polytrichopsida/Polytrichales/Polytrichaceae/Polytrichum/	Polytrichum	a genus of haircaps				gametophyte

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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

Arrhenia retiruga (Small Moss Oysterling) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Arrhenia retiruga (Small Moss Oysterling) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Arrhenia retiruga (Small Moss Oysterling)
Genus	Arrhenia (a genus of toadstools)
Family	TRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Arrhenia retiruga is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
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 Arrhenia retiruga (Small Moss Oysterling)

Arrhenia retiruga (Small Moss Oysterling) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Arrhenia
(a genus of toadstools)

TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Arrhenia retiruga (Small Moss Oysterling):

Arrhenia
(a genus of toadstools)

TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 41 images of Arrhenia retiruga (Small Moss Oysterling)

A common Cyphelloid toadstool that grows on a range of mosses.

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