Postia sp. ined. (near P. ptychogaster)
(a bracket fungus)

Interactions where Postia sp. ined. (near P. ptychogaster) 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 (dominant)		dominant fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk			Taxus baccata	Yew	Pinales: Taxaceae		/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia sp. ined. (near P. ptychogaster)/	Postia sp. ined. (near P. ptychogaster)	a bracket fungus		dominant		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew		dead, fallen	trunk		Sole
Ptychogaster anamorph		Ptychogaster anamorph is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk			Taxus baccata	Yew	Pinales: Taxaceae		/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia sp. ined. (near P. ptychogaster)/	Postia sp. ined. (near P. ptychogaster)	a bracket fungus				Ptychogaster anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew		dead, fallen	trunk		Sole

Postia sp. ined. (near P. ptychogaster) (a bracket fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Postia sp. ined. (near P. ptychogaster) (a bracket fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Postia
(a genus of bracket fungi)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Postia sp. ined. (near P. ptychogaster) (a bracket fungus)
Genus	Postia (a genus of bracket fungi)
Family	FOMITOPSIDACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
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)

Postia sp. ined. (near P. ptychogaster) is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Postia sp. ined. (near P. ptychogaster) (a bracket fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Postia
(a genus of bracket fungi)

FOMITOPSIDACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

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 Postia sp. ined. (near P. ptychogaster) (a bracket fungus):

Postia
(a genus of bracket fungi)

FOMITOPSIDACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

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))

An apparently undescribed species close to Oligoporus ptychogaster, but differing in the well-developed fruitbodies and the imperfect (Ptychogaster) stage which is reddish-brown and weeps reddish droplets. It has been found in Surrey and Berkshire and is apparently restricted to Taxus.

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