Terana coerulea (Lam.) Kuntze
(Cobalt Crust)

Interactions where Terana coerulea 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 dead, decayed wood			Hedera	ivies	Apiales: Araliaceae	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/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Terana coerulea/	Terana coerulea	cobalt crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Hedera/	Hedera	ivies		dead, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Euonymus europaeus	Spindle	Celastrales: Celastraceae	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/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Terana coerulea/	Terana coerulea	cobalt crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Celastrales/Celastraceae/Euonymus europaeus/	Euonymus europaeus	spindle		dead, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Lonicera nitida	Wilson’s Honeysuckle	Dipsacales: Caprifoliaceae	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/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Terana coerulea/	Terana coerulea	cobalt crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Lonicera nitida/	Lonicera nitida	Wilson's honeysuckle		dead, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Ulex europaeus	Gorse, Furze, Whin	Fabales: Fabaceae	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/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Terana coerulea/	Terana coerulea	cobalt crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex europaeus/	Ulex europaeus	gorse, furze, whin		dead, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Corylus	hazels	Fagales: Betulaceae	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/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Terana coerulea/	Terana coerulea	cobalt crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus/	Corylus	hazels		dead, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	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/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Terana coerulea/	Terana coerulea	cobalt crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	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/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Terana coerulea/	Terana coerulea	cobalt crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead, decayed	wood		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis	hybrid crack-willow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Terana coerulea/	Terana coerulea	cobalt crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis/	Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis	hybrid crack-willow		dead, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Crataegus monogyna	Hawthorn	Rosales: Rosaceae	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/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Terana coerulea/	Terana coerulea	cobalt crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus monogyna/	Crataegus monogyna	hawthorn		dead, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Rubus fruticosus agg.	brambles, blackberries	Rosales: Rosaceae	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/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Terana coerulea/	Terana coerulea	cobalt crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus fruticosus agg./	Rubus fruticosus agg.	brambles, blackberries		dead, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Acer campestre	Field Maple	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	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/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Terana coerulea/	Terana coerulea	cobalt crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer campestre/	Acer campestre	field maple		dead, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			[Xylophytes]	broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers		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/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Terana coerulea/	Terana coerulea	cobalt crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Xylophytes/	Xylophytes	broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers		dead, decayed	wood

Author & Year	Title	Source
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

Terana coerulea (Cobalt Crust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Terana coerulea (Cobalt Crust) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Terana coerulea (Cobalt Crust)
Family	PHANEROCHAETACEAE (a family of polypores)
Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
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)

Terana coerulea is also a member of:
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 Terana coerulea (Cobalt Crust)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L.	1981	The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 6 Phlebia - Sarcodontia	Corticiaceae of Northern Europe, The, 6, Fungiflora
	Pitt, J.	2001	A recent record of Pulcherricium caeruleum in Kent	Field Mycology Vol 2 (3): 76.

Terana coerulea (Cobalt Crust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PHANEROCHAETACEAE
(a family of polypores)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Terana coerulea (Cobalt Crust):

PHANEROCHAETACEAE
(a family of polypores)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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