Gymnopilus dilepis (Berk. & Broome) Singer
(Magenta Rustgill)

Interactions where Gymnopilus dilepis 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 stump (old) Foreign Cocos nucifera Coconut Palm Arecales: Arecaceae Profiles of Fungi No. 94: Gymnopilus dilepis, Watling, R., 1998
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Gymnopilus dilepis/Gymnopilus dilepismagenta rustgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Arecales/Arecaceae/Cocos nucifera/Cocos nuciferacoconut palmstump (old)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fermenting and heating up wood-chips PINOPSIDA conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Gymnopilus dilepis/Gymnopilus dilepismagenta rustgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdead, decayed, fermenting and heating upwood-chips

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
Storey, M.W., 2015Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guidewww.bioimages.org.uk
Watling, R., 1998Profiles of Fungi No. 94: Gymnopilus dilepisMycologist Vol 12 (2): 61.

Gymnopilus dilepis (Magenta Rustgill) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Gymnopilus dilepis (Magenta Rustgill) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGymnopilus dilepis (Magenta Rustgill)
GenusGymnopilus (rustgill toadstools)
FamilySTROPHARIACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
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 Gymnopilus dilepis (Magenta Rustgill)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Henrici, A. 2002 Notes and Records (Jan 2002) Field Mycology Vol 3 (1): 28-30 rear cover.
Watling, R. 1998 Profiles of Fungi No. 94: Gymnopilus dilepis Mycologist Vol 12 (2): 61.

Gymnopilus dilepis (Magenta Rustgill) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Henrici, A. 2004 Notes and Records (July 2004) Field Mycology Vol 5 (3): 101-103.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Gymnopilus dilepis (Magenta Rustgill):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 24 images of Gymnopilus dilepis (Magenta Rustgill)

A beautiful toadstool which is bright purple when young, (resembling Tricholompsis rutilans but with a ring), rapidly fading to orange-brown. Originally from South East Asia where it grows on old coconut stumps, it was possibly introduced with coir imported for horticultural use as a peat replacement.

It is one of a number of recent introductions and colonists which grow on wood chips. It is becoming more common and widespread in this habitat, but requires warmth so is restricted to large piles of chips which are heating up through fermention, or indoors in pots with house plants.

This is one of a complex of very similar species in South East Asia and Australasia and there’s always the possibility of one of its close relatives also being present in this country.

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