Rhodocollybia butyracea (Bull.) Lennox
(Butter Cap)

Interactions where Rhodocollybia butyracea 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 is saprobic on decaying litter Minor [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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Rhodocollybia butyracea/Rhodocollybia butyraceabutter capfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdecayinglitterMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decaying 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
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Rhodocollybia butyracea/Rhodocollybia butyraceabutter capfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdecayinglitter
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decaying 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
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Rhodocollybia butyracea/Rhodocollybia butyraceabutter capfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdecayinglitter
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decaying 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
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Rhodocollybia butyracea/Rhodocollybia butyraceabutter capfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdecayinglitter

Interactions where Rhodocollybia butyracea 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
fruitbody is parasitised by sporangium Spinellus fusiger Bonnet Mould Mucorales: Phycomycetaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Phycomycetaceae/Spinellus fusiger/Spinellus fusigerbonnet mouldsporangium Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Rhodocollybia butyracea/Rhodocollybia butyraceabutter capfruitbody sporangium parasitises fruitbody
(live) live pileus is galled by basidiome Syzygospora tumefaciens Toughshank Jellygall Tremellales: Carcinomycetaceae Profiles of Fungi No. 26: Syzygospora tumefaciens (Ginns & Sunhede) Ginns, Watling, R. & Munro, I., 1990
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Carcinomycetaceae/Syzygospora tumefaciens/Syzygospora tumefacienstoughshank jellygallbasidiome Fungus / gall /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Rhodocollybia butyracea/Rhodocollybia butyraceabutter caplivepileus basidiome causes galls on live pileus
(live) live stipe is galled by basidiome Syzygospora tumefaciens Toughshank Jellygall Tremellales: Carcinomycetaceae Profiles of Fungi No. 26: Syzygospora tumefaciens (Ginns & Sunhede) Ginns, Watling, R. & Munro, I., 1990
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Carcinomycetaceae/Syzygospora tumefaciens/Syzygospora tumefacienstoughshank jellygallbasidiome Fungus / gall /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Rhodocollybia butyracea/Rhodocollybia butyraceabutter caplivestipe basidiome causes galls on live stipe
(live) live lamellae is galled by basidiome Syzygospora tumefaciens Toughshank Jellygall Tremellales: Carcinomycetaceae Profiles of Fungi No. 26: Syzygospora tumefaciens (Ginns & Sunhede) Ginns, Watling, R. & Munro, I., 1990
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Carcinomycetaceae/Syzygospora tumefaciens/Syzygospora tumefacienstoughshank jellygallbasidiome Fungus / gall /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Rhodocollybia butyracea/Rhodocollybia butyraceabutter caplivelamellae basidiome causes galls on live lamellae

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Watling, R. & Munro, I., 1990Profiles of Fungi No. 26: Syzygospora tumefaciens (Ginns & Sunhede) GinnsMycologist Vol 4 (1): 35.

Rhodocollybia butyracea (Butter Cap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Rhodocollybia butyracea (Butter Cap) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhodocollybia butyracea (Butter Cap)
GenusRhodocollybia (a genus of toughshank toadstools)
FamilyOMPHALOTACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhodocollybia butyracea (Butter Cap)

Rhodocollybia butyracea (Butter Cap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

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Phenology

Dickie, I.A., Kalucka,U., Stasinska, M. & Oleksyn, J. 2010 Plant host drives fungal phenology FungEcol Vol 03 (4): 311-315.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Rhodocollybia butyracea (Butter Cap):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 42 images of Rhodocollybia butyracea (Butter Cap)

The Butter Cap grows in the leaf litter of both deciduous and coniferous woodland. It is a very common toadstool throughout the British Isles.

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