Sistotrema confluens Pers.
(Aromatic Earthfan)

Interactions where Sistotrema confluens 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 culm UK/IrelandRare Arundinaria a genus of bamboos Poales: Poaceae 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/Cantharellales/Hydnaceae/Sistotrema confluens/Sistotrema confluensaromatic earthfanfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Arundinaria/Arundinariaa genus of bamboosdeadculmRare
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Foreign Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Fungal carbon sources in a pine forest: evidence from a 13C-labeled global change experiment, Hobbie, E.A., Hofmockel, K.S., van Diepen, L.T.A., Lilleskov, E.A., Ouimette, A.P. & Finzi, A.C., 2014
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Cantharellales/Hydnaceae/Sistotrema confluens/Sistotrema confluensaromatic earthfanfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesliveroot
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen 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/Cantharellales/Hydnaceae/Sistotrema confluens/Sistotrema confluensaromatic earthfanfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treesdead, fallenleaflitter
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on BRYOPSIDA mosses 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/Cantharellales/Hydnaceae/Sistotrema confluens/Sistotrema confluensaromatic earthfanfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Bryopsidamosses

Sistotrema confluens (Aromatic Earthfan) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sistotrema confluens (Aromatic Earthfan) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Hobbie, E.A., Hofmockel, K.S., van Diepen, L.T.A., Lilleskov, E.A., Ouimette, A.P. & Finzi, A.C., 2014Fungal carbon sources in a pine forest: evidence from a 13C-labeled global change experimentFungEcol Vol 10: 91-100.
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
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSistotrema confluens (Aromatic Earthfan)
GenusSistotrema (a genus of basidiomycete fungi)
FamilyHYDNACEAE (hedgehog fungi)
OrderCANTHARELLALES (chanterelles, hedgehog fungi and some fairy clubs and resupinates)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sistotrema confluens (Aromatic Earthfan)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
in the hand Dickson, G. 2000 A field key to British non-resupinate hydnoid fungi Field Mycology Vol 1 (3): 99-104, rear cover.
Kout, J. 2008 Sistotrema dennisii (Basidiomycetes, Sistotremataceae) – a new species for the Czech Republic Czech Mycology vol 60(1): 105-111.
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. 1975 Die Terrestriche Stachelpilze Europas (The terrestial Hydnums of Europe)
Wakefield, E.M. 1952 New or rare British hymenomycetes (Aphyllophorales) TBMS Vol 35 (1): 34-65.

Sistotrema confluens (Aromatic Earthfan) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Literature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Sistotrema confluens (Aromatic Earthfan):

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