Stropharia caerulea Kreisel
(Blue Roundhead)

Interactions where Stropharia caerulea 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 Urtica dioica Common Nettle Rosales: Urticaceae 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/Strophariaceae/Stropharia caerulea/Stropharia caeruleablue roundheadfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/Urtica dioicacommon nettle
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on woodchip of mulch [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/Strophariaceae/Stropharia caerulea/Stropharia caeruleablue roundheadfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treeswoodchipmulch

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

Stropharia caerulea (Blue Roundhead) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Stropharia caerulea (Blue Roundhead) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStropharia caerulea (Blue Roundhead)
GenusStropharia (roundhead toadstools)
FamilySTROPHARIACEAE (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 Stropharia caerulea (Blue Roundhead)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Brand, A.W. 1987 Profiles of Fungi No. 8: Stropharia cyanea Mycologist Vol 1 (4): 175.
Kibby, G. 2010 Fungal portraits: No. 41: Stropharia caerulea and other green Stropharia species Field Mycology Vol 11 (1): 2-4.
Orton, P.D. 1976 Notes on British Agarics VI Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Vol 35 No 1: 147-154.

Stropharia caerulea (Blue Roundhead) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Holden, L. 2006 Guidelines for Field Mycologists - the practical interpretation of Section 21 of the Drugs Act 2005 www.britmycolosoc.org.uk/files/DrugsAct2005_Guidelines.pdf
Kibby, G. 2009 Editorial (Oct 09) Field Mycology Vol 10 (4): 110.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Stropharia caerulea (Blue Roundhead):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 47 images of Stropharia caerulea (Blue Roundhead)
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