Gloiothele lactescens (Berk.) Hjortstam
(a basidiomycete)

Interactions where Gloiothele lactescens 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		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stump (large)			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/	Gloiothele lactescens	a basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut		dead, decayed	stump (large)		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/	Gloiothele lactescens	a basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut		dead, decayed	log		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/	Gloiothele lactescens	a basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut		dead, fallen, decayed	trunk		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stump (large)			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/	Gloiothele lactescens	a basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, decayed	stump (large)		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/	Gloiothele lactescens	a basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, decayed	log		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/	Gloiothele lactescens	a basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, fallen, decayed	trunk		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stump (large)			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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/	Gloiothele lactescens	a basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead, decayed	stump (large)		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log			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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/	Gloiothele lactescens	a basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead, decayed	log		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk			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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/	Gloiothele lactescens	a basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead, fallen, decayed	trunk		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stump (large)			Ulmus	elms	Rosales: Ulmaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Gloeocystidiellum lactescens (Berk.) Boid. - a species with ’milk’, Reid, D.A., 1983	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/	Gloiothele lactescens	a basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		dead, decayed	stump (large)		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log			Ulmus	elms	Rosales: Ulmaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Gloeocystidiellum lactescens (Berk.) Boid. - a species with ’milk’, Reid, D.A., 1983	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/	Gloiothele lactescens	a basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		dead, decayed	log		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk			Ulmus	elms	Rosales: Ulmaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Gloeocystidiellum lactescens (Berk.) Boid. - a species with ’milk’, Reid, D.A., 1983	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/	Gloiothele lactescens	a basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		dead, fallen, decayed	trunk		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stump (large)			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous 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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/	Gloiothele lactescens	a basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, decayed	stump (large)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous 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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/	Gloiothele lactescens	a basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, decayed	log
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous 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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/	Gloiothele lactescens	a basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, fallen, decayed	trunk

Interactions where Gloiothele lactescens is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Filters:

Affected Part		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	Summary
		fruitbody is parasitised by colony of Verticillium anamorph			Verticillium sp. indesc.		Plectosphaerellaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Plectosphaerellaceae/Verticillium sp. indesc./	Verticillium sp. indesc.				colony	Verticillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/	Gloiothele lactescens	a basidiomycete				fruitbody				colony of Verticillium anamorph parasitises fruitbody

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Gloiothele lactescens (a basidiomycete) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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
Reid, D.A., 1983	Gloeocystidiellum lactescens (Berk.) Boid. - a species with ’milk’	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 17 (2): 114.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Gloiothele lactescens (a basidiomycete)
Family	PENIOPHORACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	RUSSULALES (an order of toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Gloiothele lactescens is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Russulales)
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 Gloiothele lactescens (a basidiomycete)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L.	1975	The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 3 Coronicium - Hyphoderma	Corticiaceae of Northern Europe, The, 3, Fungiflora
	Legon, N.W. & Pegler, D.N.	2002	Profiles of Fungi No. 128: Gloiothele lactescens (Berk) Hjortstam	Mycologist Vol 16 (4): 177.
	Reid, D.A.	1983	Gloeocystidiellum lactescens (Berk.) Boid. - a species with 'milk'	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 17 (2): 114.

Gloiothele lactescens (a basidiomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

RUSSULALES
(an order of toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

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 Gloiothele lactescens (a basidiomycete):

RUSSULALES
(an order of toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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