Physisporinus vitreus (Pers.) P. Karst.
(a porecrust)

Interactions where Physisporinus vitreus 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 (annual, resupinate)		annual, resupinate fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed, esp. sodden wood			[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 Profiles of Fungi No. 29: Rigidoporus ulmarius (Sow.:Fr.) Imazeki, Pegler, D.N., 1990	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meripilaceae/Physisporinus vitreus/	Physisporinus vitreus	a porecrust		annual, resupinate		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, fallen, decayed, esp. sodden	wood
fruitbody (annual, resupinate)		annual, resupinate fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed, esp. sodden leaf of 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 Profiles of Fungi No. 29: Rigidoporus ulmarius (Sow.:Fr.) Imazeki, Pegler, D.N., 1990	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meripilaceae/Physisporinus vitreus/	Physisporinus vitreus	a porecrust		annual, resupinate		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, fallen, decayed, esp. sodden	leaf	litter
fruitbody (annual, resupinate)		annual, resupinate fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed, esp. sodden 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 Profiles of Fungi No. 29: Rigidoporus ulmarius (Sow.:Fr.) Imazeki, Pegler, D.N., 1990	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meripilaceae/Physisporinus vitreus/	Physisporinus vitreus	a porecrust		annual, resupinate		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead, fallen, decayed, esp. sodden	wood		Rare
fruitbody (annual, resupinate)		annual, resupinate fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed, esp. sodden leaf of 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 Profiles of Fungi No. 29: Rigidoporus ulmarius (Sow.:Fr.) Imazeki, Pegler, D.N., 1990	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meripilaceae/Physisporinus vitreus/	Physisporinus vitreus	a porecrust		annual, resupinate		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead, fallen, decayed, esp. sodden	leaf	litter	Rare

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
Pegler, D.N., 1990	Profiles of Fungi No. 29: Rigidoporus ulmarius (Sow.:Fr.) Imazeki	Mycologist Vol 04 (3): 146.

Physisporinus vitreus (a porecrust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Physisporinus vitreus (a porecrust) may 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	Physisporinus vitreus (a porecrust)
Genus	Physisporinus (a genus of porecrust fungi)
Family	MERIPILACEAE (giant polypores)
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)

Physisporinus vitreus 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 Physisporinus vitreus (a porecrust)

Physisporinus vitreus (a porecrust) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MERIPILACEAE
(giant polypores)

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))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Physisporinus vitreus (a porecrust):

MERIPILACEAE
(giant polypores)

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))

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