Rhodocybe popinalis (Fr.) Singer
(a toadstool)

Interactions where Rhodocybe popinalis 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 associated with [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/Entolomataceae/Rhodocybe popinalis/Rhodocybe popinalisa toadstoolfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with POACEAE grasses, couch Poales 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/Entolomataceae/Rhodocybe popinalis/Rhodocybe popinalisa toadstoolfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couch
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with 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/Entolomataceae/Rhodocybe popinalis/Rhodocybe popinalisa toadstoolfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifers

Author & YearTitleSource
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

Rhodocybe popinalis (a toadstool) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Rhodocybe popinalis (a toadstool) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhodocybe popinalis (a toadstool)
GenusRhodocybe (a genus of toadstools)
FamilyENTOLOMATACEAE (pinkgills)
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 Rhodocybe popinalis (a toadstool)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Overall, A. 2011 Fungi Royale: Some interesting larger fungi of the Royal Parks - Part 2 saprobes Fungi Royale: Some interesting larger fungi of the Royal Parks Field Mycology Vol 12 (1): 26-30.
Savage, D. 2008 Fungi of the far north: Part 3: From the Borgie to the Naver Vol 9 (1) Page: 13-19

Rhodocybe popinalis (a toadstool) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Rhodocybe popinalis (a toadstool):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 41 images of Rhodocybe popinalis (a toadstool)

A small to medium-sized greyish toadstool with a mealy smell and bitter taste. Some forms turn black when bruised. It grows in grassland and on dunes, often on living or dead grasses. Widespread and not uncommon.

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