Xeromphalina cauticinalis (Fr.) Kühner & Maire
(Pinelitter Gingertail)

Interactions where Xeromphalina cauticinalis 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, fallen, decayed needle of litter Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae 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/Mycenaceae/Xeromphalina cauticinalis/Xeromphalina cauticinalispinelitter gingertailfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesdead, fallen, decayedneedlelitter
fruitbody (clustered) clustered fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed needle of litter UK/IrelandRestricted Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form) Caledonian Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Fungi of Northern Pine and Birch woods, Orton, P.D., 1986
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Xeromphalina cauticinalis/Xeromphalina cauticinalispinelitter gingertailclusteredfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form)/Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form)Caledonian pinedead, decayedneedlelitterSole

Xeromphalina cauticinalis (Pinelitter Gingertail) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Xeromphalina cauticinalis (Pinelitter Gingertail) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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
Orton, P.D., 1986Fungi of Northern Pine and Birch woodsBull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 20 (2): 130-145.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesXeromphalina cauticinalis (Pinelitter Gingertail)
GenusXeromphalina (a genus of toadstools)
FamilyMYCENACEAE (bonnt toadstools and their allies)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
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 Xeromphalina cauticinalis (Pinelitter Gingertail)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kibby, J. 2015 Readers' Finds (Oct 15) Vol 16 (4)

Xeromphalina cauticinalis (Pinelitter Gingertail) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Xeromphalina cauticinalis (Pinelitter Gingertail):

Vulnerable

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