Melanoleuca cognata var cognata (Fr.) Konrad & Maubl.
(Spring Cavalier)

Interactions where Melanoleuca cognata var cognata 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 litter			[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/Tricholomataceae/Melanoleuca cognata var. cognata/	Melanoleuca cognata var. cognata	spring cavalier				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees				litter	Major		(spring, autumn)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on compost			[Herbaceous Plants]	herbaceous plants		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/Tricholomataceae/Melanoleuca cognata var. cognata/	Melanoleuca cognata var. cognata	spring cavalier				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/	Herbaceous Plants	herbaceous plants				compost			(spring, autumn)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on litter			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	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/Tricholomataceae/Melanoleuca cognata var. cognata/	Melanoleuca cognata var. cognata	spring cavalier				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch				litter			(spring, autumn)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on litter			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/Tricholomataceae/Melanoleuca cognata var. cognata/	Melanoleuca cognata var. cognata	spring cavalier				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers				litter	Minor		(spring, autumn)

Melanoleuca cognata var cognata (Spring Cavalier) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Melanoleuca cognata var cognata (Spring Cavalier) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Variety	Melanoleuca cognata var cognata (Spring Cavalier)
Species	Melanoleuca cognata (Spring Cavalier)
Genus	Melanoleuca (cavalier toadstools)
Family	TRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Melanoleuca cognata var cognata is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
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 Melanoleuca cognata var cognata (Spring Cavalier)

Melanoleuca cognata var cognata (Spring Cavalier) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Melanoleuca
(cavalier toadstools)

TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Melanoleuca cognata var cognata (Spring Cavalier):

Melanoleuca
(cavalier toadstools)

TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

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