Collybia cirrhata (Schumach.) Quél.
(Piggyback Shanklet)

Interactions where Collybia cirrhata 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 is saprobic on decaying basidiome			AGARICALES	mushrooms and toadstools		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/Collybia cirrhata/	Collybia cirrhata	piggyback shanklet				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/	Agaricales	mushrooms and toadstools		decaying		basidiome
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on mummified basidiome			AGARICALES	mushrooms and toadstools		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/Collybia cirrhata/	Collybia cirrhata	piggyback shanklet				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/	Agaricales	mushrooms and toadstools		mummified		basidiome
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on mummified basidiome			Pholiota	scalycap toadstools	Agaricales: Strophariaceae	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/Collybia cirrhata/	Collybia cirrhata	piggyback shanklet				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Pholiota/	Pholiota	scalycap toadstools		mummified		basidiome
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decaying basidiome			Pholiota	scalycap toadstools	Agaricales: Strophariaceae	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/Collybia cirrhata/	Collybia cirrhata	piggyback shanklet				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Pholiota/	Pholiota	scalycap toadstools		decaying		basidiome
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on mummified 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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Collybia cirrhata/	Collybia cirrhata	piggyback shanklet				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/	Polyporales	polypores		mummified		fruitbody
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decaying 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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Collybia cirrhata/	Collybia cirrhata	piggyback shanklet				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/	Polyporales	polypores		decaying		fruitbody
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on mummified basidiome			Ganoderma adspersum	Southern Bracket	Polyporales: Ganodermataceae	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/Collybia cirrhata/	Collybia cirrhata	piggyback shanklet				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma adspersum/	Ganoderma adspersum	southern bracket		mummified		basidiome
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decaying basidiome			Ganoderma adspersum	Southern Bracket	Polyporales: Ganodermataceae	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/Collybia cirrhata/	Collybia cirrhata	piggyback shanklet				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma adspersum/	Ganoderma adspersum	southern bracket		decaying		basidiome
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on mummified basidiome			Meripilus giganteus	Giant Polypore	Polyporales: Meripilaceae	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/Collybia cirrhata/	Collybia cirrhata	piggyback shanklet				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meripilaceae/Meripilus giganteus/	Meripilus giganteus	giant polypore		mummified		basidiome
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decaying basidiome			Meripilus giganteus	Giant Polypore	Polyporales: Meripilaceae	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/Collybia cirrhata/	Collybia cirrhata	piggyback shanklet				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meripilaceae/Meripilus giganteus/	Meripilus giganteus	giant polypore		decaying		basidiome
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on mummified basidiome			Lactarius	milkcap toadstools	Russulales: Russulaceae	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/Collybia cirrhata/	Collybia cirrhata	piggyback shanklet				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Lactarius/	Lactarius	milkcap toadstools		mummified		basidiome
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decaying basidiome			Lactarius	milkcap toadstools	Russulales: Russulaceae	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/Collybia cirrhata/	Collybia cirrhata	piggyback shanklet				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Lactarius/	Lactarius	milkcap toadstools		decaying		basidiome
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on mummified basidiome			Russula	brittlegill toadstools, russulas	Russulales: Russulaceae	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/Collybia cirrhata/	Collybia cirrhata	piggyback shanklet				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula/	Russula	brittlegill toadstools, russulas		mummified		basidiome
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decaying basidiome			Russula	brittlegill toadstools, russulas	Russulales: Russulaceae	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/Collybia cirrhata/	Collybia cirrhata	piggyback shanklet				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula/	Russula	brittlegill toadstools, russulas		decaying		basidiome

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

Collybia cirrhata (Piggyback Shanklet) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Collybia cirrhata (Piggyback Shanklet) 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	Collybia cirrhata (Piggyback Shanklet)
Genus	Collybia (shanklet 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)

Collybia cirrhata 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 Collybia cirrhata (Piggyback Shanklet)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Mattock, G.	2002	Fungi upon other fungi grow - Britain’s parasitic toadstools.	British Wildlife Vol 14, No. 2: 109-116.

Collybia cirrhata (Piggyback Shanklet) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Collybia
(shanklet 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 Collybia cirrhata (Piggyback Shanklet):

Collybia
(shanklet 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))

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