Postia stiptica (bitter bracket)

Interactions where Postia stiptica 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 Stage	Relationship	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	Ilex aquifolium	Holly	Aquifoliales: Aquifoliaceae	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Aquifoliales/Aquifoliaceae/Ilex aquifolium/	Ilex aquifolium	holly	dead, decayed	wood	Rare
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	Alnus	alders	Fagales: Betulaceae	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders	dead, decayed	wood	Rare
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end	Alnus	alders	Fagales: Betulaceae	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders	dead, fallen, decayed	trunk (large) cut end	Rare
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end	Alnus	alders	Fagales: Betulaceae	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders	dead, decayed	log (large) cut end	Rare
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches	dead, decayed	wood	Rare
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches	dead, fallen, decayed	trunk (large) cut end	Rare
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches	dead, decayed	log (large) cut end	Rare
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes	dead, decayed	wood	Rare
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end	Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes	dead, fallen, decayed	trunk (large) cut end	Rare
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end	Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes	dead, decayed	log (large) cut end	Rare
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	Crataegus	hawthorns	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/	Crataegus	hawthorns	dead, decayed	wood	Rare
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end	[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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees	dead, fallen, decayed	trunk (large) cut end	Rare
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end	[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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees	dead, decayed	log (large) cut end	Rare
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	[Broadleaved trees and shrubs]	broadleaved trees and shrubs		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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	broadleaved trees and shrubs	dead, decayed	wood	Rare
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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers	dead, decayed	wood	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end	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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers	dead, fallen, decayed	trunk (large) cut end	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end	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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers	dead, decayed	log (large) cut end	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	Larix	larches	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/	Larix	larches	dead, decayed	wood	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end	Larix	larches	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/	Larix	larches	dead, fallen, decayed	trunk (large) cut end	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end	Larix	larches	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/	Larix	larches	dead, decayed	log (large) cut end	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces	dead, decayed	wood	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end	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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces	dead, fallen, decayed	trunk (large) cut end	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end	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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces	dead, decayed	log (large) cut end	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	Pinus	pines	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines	dead, decayed	wood	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end	Pinus	pines	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines	dead, fallen, decayed	trunk (large) cut end	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end	Pinus	pines	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines	dead, decayed	log (large) cut end	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas Fir	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas fir	dead, decayed	wood	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas Fir	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas fir	dead, fallen, decayed	trunk (large) cut end	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas Fir	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas fir	dead, decayed	log (large) cut end	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	Tsuga	hemlocks	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Tsuga/	Tsuga	hemlocks	dead, decayed	wood	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end	Tsuga	hemlocks	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Tsuga/	Tsuga	hemlocks	dead, fallen, decayed	trunk (large) cut end	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end	Tsuga	hemlocks	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Tsuga/	Tsuga	hemlocks	dead, decayed	log (large) cut end	Major
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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew	dead, decayed	wood	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew	dead, fallen, decayed	trunk (large) cut end	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end	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/Postia stiptica/	Postia stiptica	bitter bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew	dead, decayed	log (large) cut end	Major

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
Roberts, P., 2007	British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina	Field Mycology Vol 8 (4): 127-133.

Species	Postia stiptica (Bitter Bracket)
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 stiptica (Pers.) Jülich
(Bitter Bracket)

Interactions where Postia stiptica is the controlling partner and gains from the process

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Postia stiptica is also a member of:

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