Sebacina incrustans (Pers.) Tul. & C. Tul.
(Enveloping Crust)

Interactions where Sebacina incrustans 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 in/on dung or excretions of dung			[Herbivores]	mammalian herbivores		Keys to Fungi on Dung, Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Sebacinales/Sebacinaceae/Sebacina incrustans/	Sebacina incrustans	enveloping crust				fruitbody	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Herbivores/	Herbivores	mammalian herbivores			dung
(live)		live mycelium is mycorrhizal with live root of seedling			Epipactis atrorubens	Dark-red Helleborine	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and development, Bidartondo, M.I. & Read, D.J., 2008	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Sebacinales/Sebacinaceae/Sebacina incrustans/	Sebacina incrustans	enveloping crust		live	mycelium		Foodplant / mycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipactis atrorubens/	Epipactis atrorubens	dark-red helleborine		live	root	seedling
(live)		live mycelium is mycorrhizal with live root of seed (germinating)			Epipactis atrorubens	Dark-red Helleborine	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and development, Bidartondo, M.I. & Read, D.J., 2008	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Sebacinales/Sebacinaceae/Sebacina incrustans/	Sebacina incrustans	enveloping crust		live	mycelium		Foodplant / mycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipactis atrorubens/	Epipactis atrorubens	dark-red helleborine		live	root	seed (germinating)
fruitbody		fruitbody may be found on live stem base			[Herbaceous Plants]	herbaceous plants		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/Sebacinales/Sebacinaceae/Sebacina incrustans/	Sebacina incrustans	enveloping crust				fruitbody	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/	Herbaceous Plants	herbaceous plants		live	stem base
mycelium		mycelium is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Picea abies	Norway Spruce, Christmas Tree	Pinales: Pinaceae	Ectomycorrhizas involving sebacinoid mycobionts, Urban A., Weiss, M. & Bauer, R., 2003	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Sebacinales/Sebacinaceae/Sebacina incrustans/	Sebacina incrustans	enveloping crust				mycelium	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea abies/	Picea abies	Norway spruce, Christmas tree		live	root
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed wood			[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/Sebacinales/Sebacinaceae/Sebacina incrustans/	Sebacina incrustans	enveloping crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		dead, fallen, decayed	wood		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody may be found on live trunk base of sapling			[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/Sebacinales/Sebacinaceae/Sebacina incrustans/	Sebacina incrustans	enveloping crust				fruitbody	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		live	trunk base	sapling

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bidartondo, M.I. & Read, D.J., 2008	Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and development	Molecular Ecology Vol 17: 3707-3716.
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
Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997	Keys to Fungi on Dung	2 edition, 68pp, British Mycological Society
Urban A., Weiss, M. & Bauer, R., 2003	Ectomycorrhizas involving sebacinoid mycobionts	Mycol. Res. Vol 107 (1): 3-14.

Sebacina incrustans (Enveloping Crust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sebacina
(a genus of jelly fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Sebacina incrustans (Enveloping Crust) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sebacina
(a genus of jelly fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Sebacina incrustans (Enveloping Crust)
Genus	Sebacina (a genus of jelly fungi)
Family	SEBACINACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	SEBACINALES (an order of fungi)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Sebacina incrustans is also a member of:
Ectomycorrhizal fungi - fungi that form ectomycorrhizae (via Sebacina)
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 Sebacina incrustans (Enveloping Crust)

Sebacina incrustans (Enveloping Crust) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

SEBACINALES
(an order of fungi)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Urban A., Weiss, M. & Bauer, R.	2003	Ectomycorrhizas involving sebacinoid mycobionts	Mycol. Res. Vol 107 (1): 3-14.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Sebacina incrustans (Enveloping Crust):

Sebacina
(a genus of jelly fungi)

SEBACINALES
(an order of fungi)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

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

BioImages

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