Deconica merdaria (Fr.) Noordel.
(a brownie)

Interactions where Deconica merdaria 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 dried-out sewage bed Homo sapiens Man, Human Primates: Hominidae 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/Deconica merdaria/Deconica merdariaa browniefruitbody Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Primates/Hominidae/Homo sapiens/Homo sapiensman, humandried-outsewage bed
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung Major [Large Herbivores] cattle, deer, pigs and horses 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/Deconica merdaria/Deconica merdariaa browniefruitbody Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Large Herbivores/Large Herbivorescattle, deer, pigs and horsesweathereddungMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dungy straw Minor [Large Herbivores] cattle, deer, pigs and horses 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/Deconica merdaria/Deconica merdariaa browniefruitbody Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Large Herbivores/Large Herbivorescattle, deer, pigs and horsesweathereddungy strawMinor

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

Deconica merdaria (a brownie) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Deconica merdaria (a brownie) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDeconica merdaria (a brownie)
GenusDeconica (a genus of fungi)
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 Deconica merdaria (a brownie)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Noordeloos, M.E. 1998 Pholiota, Psilocybe and Panaeolus Fungi Non Delineati Pars IV.

Deconica merdaria (a brownie) 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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Deconica merdaria (a brownie):

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