Lentinus tigrinus (Bull.) Fr.
(Tiger-spot Lentinus, Tiger Sawgill)

Interactions where Lentinus tigrinus 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 (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on live wood			Alnus	alders	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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders		live	wood		Minor
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood			Alnus	alders	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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders		dead	wood		Minor
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on dead, floating wood			Alnus	alders	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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders		dead, floating	wood		Minor
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on dead, partly submerged wood			Alnus	alders	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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders		dead, partly submerged	wood		Minor
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on live wood			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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		live	wood		Rare
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood			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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead	wood		Rare
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on dead, partly submerged wood			Populus	poplars	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Profiles of Fungi No. 24: Lentinus tigrinus, Legon, N.W., 1989	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars		dead, partly submerged	wood		Major
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on live wood			Populus	poplars	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Profiles of Fungi No. 24: Lentinus tigrinus, Legon, N.W., 1989	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars		live	wood		Major
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood			Populus	poplars	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Profiles of Fungi No. 24: Lentinus tigrinus, Legon, N.W., 1989	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars		dead	wood		Major
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on dead, floating wood			Populus	poplars	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Profiles of Fungi No. 24: Lentinus tigrinus, Legon, N.W., 1989	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars		dead, floating	wood		Major
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on live wood			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Profiles of Fungi No. 24: Lentinus tigrinus, Legon, N.W., 1989	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		live	wood		Major
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Profiles of Fungi No. 24: Lentinus tigrinus, Legon, N.W., 1989	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		dead	wood		Major
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on dead, floating wood			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Profiles of Fungi No. 24: Lentinus tigrinus, Legon, N.W., 1989	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		dead, floating	wood		Major
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on dead, partly submerged wood			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Profiles of Fungi No. 24: Lentinus tigrinus, Legon, N.W., 1989	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		dead, partly submerged	wood		Major
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on live wood			Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis	hybrid crack-willow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis/	Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis	hybrid crack-willow		live	wood		Major
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood			Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis	hybrid crack-willow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis/	Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis	hybrid crack-willow		dead	wood		Major
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on dead, floating wood			Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis	hybrid crack-willow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis/	Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis	hybrid crack-willow		dead, floating	wood		Major
fruitbody (clustered)		clustered fruitbody is saprobic on dead, partly submerged wood			Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis	hybrid crack-willow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Lentinus tigrinus/	Lentinus tigrinus	tiger-spot lentinus, tiger sawgill		clustered		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis/	Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis	hybrid crack-willow		dead, partly submerged	wood		Major

Lentinus tigrinus (Tiger-spot Lentinus, Tiger Sawgill) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lentinus tigrinus (Tiger-spot Lentinus, Tiger Sawgill) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

POLYPORACEAE
(a family of polypores)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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
Legon, N.W., 1989	Profiles of Fungi No. 24: Lentinus tigrinus	Mycologist Vol 03 (4): 195.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Lentinus tigrinus (Tiger-spot Lentinus, Tiger Sawgill)
Genus	Lentinus (a genus of toadstools)
Family	POLYPORACEAE (a family of polypores)
Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
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)

Lentinus tigrinus is also a member of:
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 Lentinus tigrinus (Tiger-spot Lentinus, Tiger Sawgill)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Legon, N.W.	1989	Profiles of Fungi No. 24: Lentinus tigrinus	Mycologist Vol 03 (4): 195.

Lentinus tigrinus (Tiger-spot Lentinus, Tiger Sawgill) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Lentinus
(a genus of toadstools)

POLYPORACEAE
(a family of polypores)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lentinus tigrinus (Tiger-spot Lentinus, Tiger Sawgill):

Lentinus
(a genus of toadstools)

POLYPORACEAE
(a family of polypores)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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