Hymenogaster hessei Soehner
(a truffle)

Interactions where Hymenogaster hessei 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 (hypogeous) hypogeous fruitbody is associated with 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/Strophariaceae/Hymenogaster hessei/Hymenogaster hesseia trufflehypogeousfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/FagusbeechesMajor
fruitbody (hypogeous) hypogeous fruitbody is associated with Major Quercus oaks 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/Strophariaceae/Hymenogaster hessei/Hymenogaster hesseia trufflehypogeousfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/QuercusoaksMajor
fruitbody (hypogeous) hypogeous fruitbody is associated with 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/Strophariaceae/Hymenogaster hessei/Hymenogaster hesseia trufflehypogeousfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifers
fruitbody (hypogeous) hypogeous fruitbody is associated with Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae 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/Strophariaceae/Hymenogaster hessei/Hymenogaster hesseia trufflehypogeousfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceaspruces

Hymenogaster hessei (a truffle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hymenogaster hessei (a truffle) 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:
SpeciesHymenogaster hessei (a truffle)
GenusHymenogaster (a genus of truffles)
FamilySTROPHARIACEAE (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 Hymenogaster hessei (a truffle)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hawker, L.E. 1952 Hypogeous Fungi: II and III TBMS Vol 35 (4): 279-284.

Hymenogaster hessei (a truffle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hymenogaster hessei (a truffle):

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