Gymnopus foetidus (Sowerby) P.M. Kirk
(Foetid Parachute)

Interactions where Gymnopus foetidus 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, fallen, decayed branch (small) Buxus sempervirens Box Buxales: Buxaceae 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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Buxales/Buxaceae/Buxus sempervirens/Buxus sempervirensboxdead, fallen, decayedbranch (small)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick Buxus sempervirens Box Buxales: Buxaceae 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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Buxales/Buxaceae/Buxus sempervirens/Buxus sempervirensboxdead, fallen, decayedstick
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small) Major Corylus hazels Fagales: Betulaceae 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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus/Corylushazelsdead, fallen, decayedbranch (small)Major
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick Major Corylus hazels Fagales: Betulaceae 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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus/Corylushazelsdead, fallen, decayedstickMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small) Major 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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdead, fallen, decayedbranch (small)Major
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick Major 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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdead, fallen, decayedstickMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small) 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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusashesdead, fallen, decayedbranch (small)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick 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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusashesdead, fallen, decayedstick
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small) Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn Rosales: Rosaceae 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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus monogyna/Crataegus monogynahawthorndead, fallen, decayedbranch (small)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn Rosales: Rosaceae 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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus monogyna/Crataegus monogynahawthorndead, fallen, decayedstick
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small) 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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/Acer pseudoplatanussycamore, great mapledead, fallen, decayedbranch (small)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick 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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/Acer pseudoplatanussycamore, great mapledead, fallen, decayedstick
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small) [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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead, fallen, decayedbranch (small)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick [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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead, fallen, decayedstick
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small) Rare PINOPSIDA conifers 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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdead, fallen, decayedbranch (small)Rare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick Rare PINOPSIDA conifers 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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdead, fallen, decayedstickRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small) Rare Taxus baccata Yew Pinales: Taxaceae 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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/Taxus baccatayewdead, fallen, decayedbranch (small)Rare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick Rare Taxus baccata Yew Pinales: Taxaceae 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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/Gymnopus foetidusfoetid parachutefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/Taxus baccatayewdead, fallen, decayedstickRare

Gymnopus foetidus (Foetid Parachute) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Gymnopus foetidus (Foetid Parachute) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGymnopus foetidus (Foetid Parachute)
GenusGymnopus (a genus of toughshank toadstools)
FamilyOMPHALOTACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gymnopus foetidus (Foetid Parachute)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Lanzoni, G., et al 1999 Specie interessanti dell'erbario Lanzoni Pars VII

Gymnopus foetidus (Foetid Parachute) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Gymnopus foetidus (Foetid Parachute):

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