Ramariopsis crocea (Pers.) Corner
(Orange Coral)

Interactions where Ramariopsis crocea 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, fallen, decayed needle of debris			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/Agaricales/Clavariaceae/Ramariopsis crocea/	Ramariopsis crocea	orange coral				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew		dead, fallen, decayed	needle	debris
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed (very) stump			[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous 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/Agaricales/Clavariaceae/Ramariopsis crocea/	Ramariopsis crocea	orange coral				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		dead, decayed (very)	stump
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed twig			[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous 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/Agaricales/Clavariaceae/Ramariopsis crocea/	Ramariopsis crocea	orange coral				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		dead, fallen, decayed	twig
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed leaf of litter			[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous 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/Agaricales/Clavariaceae/Ramariopsis crocea/	Ramariopsis crocea	orange coral				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		dead, fallen, decayed	leaf	litter
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous 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/Agaricales/Clavariaceae/Ramariopsis crocea/	Ramariopsis crocea	orange coral				fruitbody	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed frond			Dryopteris filix-mas	Common Male Fern, Male-fern	Polypodiales: Dryopteridaceae	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/Agaricales/Clavariaceae/Ramariopsis crocea/	Ramariopsis crocea	orange coral				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Dryopteridaceae/Dryopteris filix-mas/	Dryopteris filix-mas	common male fern, male-fern		dead, decayed	frond

Ramariopsis crocea (Orange Coral) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ramariopsis crocea (Orange Coral) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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	Ramariopsis crocea (Orange Coral)
Genus	Ramariopsis (a genus of fairy clubs and coral fungi)
Family	CLAVARIACEAE (fairy clubs)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Ramariopsis crocea is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
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 Ramariopsis crocea (Orange Coral)

Ramariopsis crocea (Orange Coral) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CLAVARIACEAE
(fairy clubs)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ramariopsis crocea (Orange Coral):

CLAVARIACEAE
(fairy clubs)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

Vulnerable

VU/B

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