Britzelmayria multipedata (Peck) D. Wächt. & A. Melzer
(Clustered Brittlestem)

Interactions where Britzelmayria multipedata 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 (caespitose) caespitose fruitbody is saprobic on debris POACEAE grasses, couch Poales 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/Psathyrellaceae/Britzelmayria multipedata/Britzelmayria multipedataclustered brittlestemcaespitosefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchdebris
fruitbody (caespitose) caespitose fruitbody is saprobic on debris [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous trees 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/Psathyrellaceae/Britzelmayria multipedata/Britzelmayria multipedataclustered brittlestemcaespitosefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treesdebris

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

Britzelmayria multipedata (Clustered Brittlestem) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Britzelmayria multipedata (Clustered Brittlestem) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBritzelmayria multipedata (Clustered Brittlestem)
FamilyPSATHYRELLACEAE (a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
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 Britzelmayria multipedata (Clustered Brittlestem)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Overall, A. 2008 Macrofungi of the Kenwood Estate Field Mycology Vol 9 (4): 126-130.

Britzelmayria multipedata (Clustered Brittlestem) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Britzelmayria multipedata (Clustered Brittlestem):

An elegant toadstool which forms large dense tufts of a hundred individuals or more. It grows not uncommonly in parks, mossy-grassy places in deciduous woods or ruderal areas, especially on clay or loam.

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