Deconica inquilina (Fr.) Romagn.
(Flecked Brownie)

Interactions where Deconica inquilina 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 feeds on dead washed up bone			Physeter macrocephalus	Sperm Whale	Cetartiodactyla: Physeteridae	All washed up, Watling, R. & Turnbull, E., 1996	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Deconica inquilina/	Deconica inquilina	flecked brownie				fruitbody	Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Cetartiodactyla/Physeteridae/Physeter macrocephalus/	Physeter macrocephalus	sperm whale		washed up	bone		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decayed leaf of 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/Strophariaceae/Deconica inquilina/	Deconica inquilina	flecked brownie				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		decayed	leaf	debris	Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decayed stem of 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/Strophariaceae/Deconica inquilina/	Deconica inquilina	flecked brownie				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		decayed	stem	debris	Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decayed twig			[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/Strophariaceae/Deconica inquilina/	Deconica inquilina	flecked brownie				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		decayed	twig		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decayed leaf			[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/Strophariaceae/Deconica inquilina/	Deconica inquilina	flecked brownie				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		decayed	leaf		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decayed sawdust			[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/Strophariaceae/Deconica inquilina/	Deconica inquilina	flecked brownie				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		decayed	sawdust		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decayed frond			FILICOPSIDA	leptosporangiate ferns		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/Strophariaceae/Deconica inquilina/	Deconica inquilina	flecked brownie				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Filicopsida/	Filicopsida	leptosporangiate ferns		decayed	frond		Minor

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
Watling, R. & Turnbull, E., 1996	All washed up	Mycologist Vol 10 (2): 86-87.

Deconica inquilina (Flecked Brownie) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Deconica inquilina (Flecked Brownie) 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	Deconica inquilina (Flecked Brownie)
Genus	Deconica (a genus of fungi)
Family	STROPHARIACEAE (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)

Deconica inquilina 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 Deconica inquilina (Flecked Brownie)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Overall, A.	2013	Urban fungi - interesting fungi from parks and gardens of West London	Field Mycology Vol 14 (3): 98-102.

Deconica inquilina (Flecked Brownie) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

STROPHARIACEAE
(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))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Holden, L.	2006	Guidelines for Field Mycologists - the practical interpretation of Section 21 of the Drugs Act 2005	www.britmycolosoc.org.uk/files/DrugsAct2005_Guidelines.pdf
Watling, R. & Turnbull, E.	1996	All washed up	Mycologist Vol 10 (2): 86-87.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Deconica inquilina (Flecked Brownie):

STROPHARIACEAE
(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

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