Neolentinus lepideus (Fr.) Redhead & Ginns
(Scaly Sawgill, The Train Wrecker)

Interactions where Neolentinus lepideus 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, decayed wood			Sambucus nigra	Elder	Dipsacales: Adoxaceae	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/Neolentinus lepideus/	Neolentinus lepideus	scaly sawgill, the train wrecker				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Adoxaceae/Sambucus nigra/	Sambucus nigra	elder	?	dead, decayed	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises live			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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Neolentinus lepideus/	Neolentinus lepideus	scaly sawgill, the train wrecker				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		live
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Neolentinus lepideus/	Neolentinus lepideus	scaly sawgill, the train wrecker				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead, decayed	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on worked timber			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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Neolentinus lepideus/	Neolentinus lepideus	scaly sawgill, the train wrecker				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		worked		timber	Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises live			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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Neolentinus lepideus/	Neolentinus lepideus	scaly sawgill, the train wrecker				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew		live			Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Neolentinus lepideus/	Neolentinus lepideus	scaly sawgill, the train wrecker				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew		dead, decayed	wood		Rare

Neolentinus lepideus (Scaly Sawgill, The Train Wrecker) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Neolentinus lepideus (Scaly Sawgill, The Train Wrecker) 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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Neolentinus lepideus (Scaly Sawgill, The Train Wrecker)
Genus	Neolentinus (sawgills)
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)

Neolentinus lepideus 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 Neolentinus lepideus (Scaly Sawgill, The Train Wrecker)

Neolentinus lepideus (Scaly Sawgill, The Train Wrecker) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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))

General Literature

A note on the fungi of less common occurrence in houses

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Neolentinus lepideus (Scaly Sawgill, The Train Wrecker):

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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