Hericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers.
(Coral Tooth)

Interactions where Hericium coralloides 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 parasitises live 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/Hericiaceae/Hericium coralloides/Hericium coralloidescoral toothfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeecheslivetrunk
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, standing trunk 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/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium coralloides/Hericium coralloidescoral toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdead, standingtrunkMajor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live 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/Hericiaceae/Hericium coralloides/Hericium coralloidescoral toothfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusasheslivetrunk
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, standing trunk Major 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/Hericiaceae/Hericium coralloides/Hericium coralloidescoral toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusashesdead, standingtrunkMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on trunk Rare Ulmus glabra Wych Elm Rosales: Ulmaceae 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/Hericiaceae/Hericium coralloides/Hericium coralloidescoral toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/Ulmus glabrawych elmtrunkRare

Hericium coralloides (Coral Tooth) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hericium coralloides (Coral Tooth) 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:
SpeciesHericium coralloides (Coral Tooth)
GenusHericium (a genus of tooth fungi)
FamilyHERICIACEAE (a family of lignicolous tooth fungi)
OrderRUSSULALES (an order of toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
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 Hericium coralloides (Coral Tooth)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ainsworth, M. 2004 Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature
Dickson, G. & Leonard, A. 1996 Fungi of the New Forest - A Mycota 210pp, British Mycological Society

Hericium coralloides (Coral Tooth) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Literature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Hericium coralloides (Coral Tooth):

Vulnerable

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