Chaetodermella luna (Romell ex D.P. Rogers & H.S. Jacks.) Rauschert
(Crescent Crust)

Interactions where Chaetodermella luna 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 (sessile, resupinate) sessile, resupinate fruitbody is saprobic on old, dead, fallen, dry, decorticate wood UK/Ireland Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Finding Chaetodermella luna and other exciting corticioids in Scottish pinewoods., Holden, L., 2013
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Gloeophyllales/Gloeophyllaceae/Chaetodermella luna/Chaetodermella lunacrescent crustsessile, resupinatefruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pineold, dead, fallen, dry, decorticatewood

Chaetodermella luna (Crescent Crust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Chaetodermella luna (Crescent Crust) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Holden, L., 2013Finding Chaetodermella luna and other exciting corticioids in Scottish pinewoods.Field Mycology Vol 14 (2): 45-47.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChaetodermella luna (Crescent Crust)
FamilyGLOEOPHYLLACEAE (a fungus)
OrderGLOEOPHYLLALES (an order of fungi)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chaetodermella luna (Crescent Crust)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L. 1973 The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 2 Aleurodiscus - Confertobasidium Corticiaceae of Northern Europe, The, 2, Fungiflora
Holden, L. 2013 Finding Chaetodermella luna and other exciting corticioids in Scottish pinewoods. Field Mycology Vol 14 (2): 45-47.

Chaetodermella luna (Crescent Crust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chaetodermella luna (Crescent Crust):

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