Inocybe flocculosa Sacc.
(Fleecy Fibrecap)

Interactions where Inocybe flocculosa 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 ectomycorrhizal with live root ForeignQuestionable Cistus cistuses Malvales: Cistaceae Notes and Records (Jan 2011), Henrici, A., 2011
Fungi of the Cistus maquis, Loizides, M. & Kyriakou, T., 2011
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Inocybaceae/Inocybe flocculosa/Inocybe flocculosafleecy fibrecapfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cistaceae/Cistus/Cistuscistusesliveroot
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/IrelandQuestionable Helianthemum nummularium Common Rockrose Malvales: Cistaceae Notes and Records (Jan 2011), Henrici, A., 2011
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Inocybaceae/Inocybe flocculosa/Inocybe flocculosafleecy fibrecapfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cistaceae/Helianthemum nummularium/Helianthemum nummulariumcommon rockroseliveroot
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root QuestionableMajor [Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs] ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs 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/Inocybaceae/Inocybe flocculosa/Inocybe flocculosafleecy fibrecapfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs/Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubsectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubsliverootMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root QuestionableMinor PINOPSIDA conifers 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/Inocybaceae/Inocybe flocculosa/Inocybe flocculosafleecy fibrecapfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/PinopsidaconifersliverootMinor

Author & YearTitleSource
Henrici, A., 2011Notes and Records (Jan 2011)Field Mycology Vol 12 (1): 34-37 & back cover.
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
Loizides, M. & Kyriakou, T., 2011Fungi of the Cistus maquisField Mycology Vol 12 (1): 14-22.

Inocybe flocculosa (Fleecy Fibrecap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Inocybe flocculosa (Fleecy Fibrecap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesInocybe flocculosa (Fleecy Fibrecap)
SubgenusInocybe (Inocybium) (smooth-spored Inocybe toadstools)
GenusInocybe (fibrecap toadstools)
FamilyINOCYBACEAE (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 Inocybe flocculosa (Fleecy Fibrecap)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Alessio, C.L. 1998 Boletus e Inocybe Fungi Non Delineati Pars III.
Loizides, M. & Kyriakou, T. 2011 Fungi of the Cistus maquis Field Mycology Vol 12 (1): 14-22.

Inocybe flocculosa (Fleecy Fibrecap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Inocybe flocculosa (Fleecy Fibrecap):

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