Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat.
(Dyer’s Bracket, Dyer’s Mazegill)

Interactions where Phaeolus schweinitzii is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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 infects and damages live root			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Unusual hosts for some common British fungi, Reid, D.A., 1978	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		live	root		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root			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/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		live	root		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root			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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		live	root		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root			Malus baccata x pumila	a hybrid apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Unusual hosts for some common British fungi, Reid, D.A., 1978	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus baccata x pumila/	Malus baccata x pumila	a hybrid apple		live	root		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root			Prunus avium	Wild Cherry	Rosales: Rosaceae	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/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus avium/	Prunus avium	wild cherry		live	root		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root			[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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		live	root		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root of mature tree			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 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/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		live	root	mature tree
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root of mature tree			Sequoia sempervirens	Coastal Redwood	Pinales: Cupressaceae	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/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Sequoia sempervirens/	Sequoia sempervirens	coastal redwood		live	root	mature tree	Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root of mature tree			Sequoiadendron giganteum	Wellingtonia	Pinales: Cupressaceae	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/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Sequoiadendron giganteum/	Sequoiadendron giganteum	wellingtonia		live	root	mature tree	Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root of mature tree			Cedrus	cedars	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Unusual hosts for some common British fungi, Reid, D.A., 1978	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Cedrus/	Cedrus	cedars		live	root	mature tree	Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root of mature tree			Larix	larches	Pinales: Pinaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Unusual hosts for some common British fungi, Reid, D.A., 1978	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/	Larix	larches		live	root	mature tree	Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root of mature tree			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 Unusual hosts for some common British fungi, Reid, D.A., 1978	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces		live	root	mature tree	Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root			Picea sitchensis	Sitka Spruce	Pinales: Pinaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/	Picea sitchensis	Sitka spruce		live	root
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root of mature tree			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Unusual hosts for some common British fungi, Reid, D.A., 1978	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines		live	root	mature tree
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root of mature tree			Pinus contorta	Lodgepole Pine, Beach Pine, Shore Pine	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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus contorta/	Pinus contorta	lodgepole pine, beach pine, shore pine		live	root	mature tree	Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root of mature tree			Pinus nigra	Austrian Pine	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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra/	Pinus nigra	Austrian pine		live	root	mature tree	Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root of mature tree			Pinus sylvestris	Scots Pine	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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/	Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine		live	root	mature tree	Major
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root of mature tree			Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas Fir	Pinales: Pinaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 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/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas fir		live	root	mature tree	Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live root of mature tree			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/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew		live	root	mature tree	Minor

Interactions where Phaeolus schweinitzii is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		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	Summary
(old)		old bracket is parasitised by subiculate perithecium			Hypomyces aurantius	Orange Polypore Mould	Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces aurantius/	Hypomyces aurantius	orange polypore mould		subiculate		perithecium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill		old		bracket	Major			subiculate perithecium parasitises old bracket
(old)		old bracket is parasitised by Cladobotryum anamorph			Hypomyces aurantius	Orange Polypore Mould	Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces aurantius/	Hypomyces aurantius	orange polypore mould				Cladobotryum anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill		old		bracket	Major			Cladobotryum anamorph parasitises old bracket
mycelium		mycelium is parasitised by fruitbody			Buchwaldoboletus lignicola	Wood Bolete	Boletales: Boletaceae	Is there an association between Boletus lignicola and Phaeolus schweinitzii?, Brown, R.P., 1985 Editorial (Oct 2011), Kibby, G., 2011 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Buchwaldoboletus lignicola/	Buchwaldoboletus lignicola	wood bolete				fruitbody	Fungus / parasite	Relationship uncertain	UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/	Phaeolus schweinitzii	dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill			mycelium		Major		(mid-7 - mid-11)	fruitbody parasitises mycelium

Author & Year	Title	Source
Brown, R.P., 1985	Is there an association between Boletus lignicola and Phaeolus schweinitzii?	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 19 (1): 61-63.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Kibby, G., 2011	Editorial (Oct 2011)	Field Mycology Vol 12 (4): 110.
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
Reid, D.A., 1978	Unusual hosts for some common British fungi	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 12 (2): 87-89.
Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005	Boletes and their allies	British Fungus Flora, Vol 1, Revised and enlarged edition edition, 173pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh

Phaeolus schweinitzii (Dyer’s Bracket, Dyer’s Mazegill) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Phaeolus schweinitzii (Dyer’s Bracket, Dyer’s Mazegill) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Phaeolus schweinitzii (Dyer’s Bracket, Dyer’s Mazegill)
Family	FOMITOPSIDACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Phaeolus schweinitzii 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 Phaeolus schweinitzii (Dyer’s Bracket, Dyer’s Mazegill)

Phaeolus schweinitzii (Dyer’s Bracket, Dyer’s Mazegill) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

FOMITOPSIDACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Brown, R.P.	1985	Is there an association between Boletus lignicola and Phaeolus schweinitzii?	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 19 (1): 61-63.
Reid, D.A.	1978	Unusual hosts for some common British fungi	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 12 (2): 87-89.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Phaeolus schweinitzii (Dyer’s Bracket, Dyer’s Mazegill):

FOMITOPSIDACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 37 images of Phaeolus schweinitzii (Dyer’s Bracket, Dyer’s Mazegill)

The toadstool-like brackets of this fungal pathogen are a familiar sight at the base of Pine (Pinus) trees, although it attacks a broad range of coniferous and rarely broadleaved trees. It causes a brown rot, particularly at the base of the trunk (butt rot) which makes the tree unsafe.

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