Erythricium laetum (P. Karst.) J. Erikss. & Hjortstam
(a resupinate basidiomycete)

Interactions where Erythricium laetum 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 old, dead debris UK/Ireland MAGNOLIOPSIDA flowering plants A Mycologist’s Diary, Robinson, K., 2007
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Corticiales/Corticiaceae/Erythricium laetum/Erythricium laetuma resupinate basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Magnoliopsidaflowering plantsold, deaddebris
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem Arctium lappa Greater Burdock Asterales: Asteraceae 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/Corticiales/Corticiaceae/Erythricium laetum/Erythricium laetuma resupinate basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockdeadstem
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Fraxinus ashes Lamiales: Oleaceae 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/Corticiales/Corticiaceae/Erythricium laetum/Erythricium laetuma resupinate basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusashesdead, decayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem Digitalis purpurea Foxglove Lamiales: Plantaginaceae 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/Corticiales/Corticiaceae/Erythricium laetum/Erythricium laetuma resupinate basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Digitalis purpurea/Digitalis purpureafoxglovedeadstem
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore, Great Maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae 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/Corticiales/Corticiaceae/Erythricium laetum/Erythricium laetuma resupinate basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/Acer pseudoplatanussycamore, great mapledead, decayedwood

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
Robinson, K., 2007A Mycologist’s DiaryField Mycology Vol 8 (4): 134-138.

Erythricium laetum (a resupinate basidiomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Erythricium laetum (a resupinate basidiomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesErythricium laetum (a resupinate basidiomycete)
GenusErythricium (a genus of resupinate basidiomycetes)
FamilyCORTICIACEAE (a family of resupinate fungi)
OrderCORTICIALES (an order of fungi)
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 Erythricium laetum (a resupinate basidiomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Wakefield, E.M. 1952 New or rare British hymenomycetes (Aphyllophorales) TBMS Vol 35 (1): 34-65.

Erythricium laetum (a resupinate basidiomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Erythricium laetum (a resupinate basidiomycete):

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