Laccaria proxima (Boud.) Pat.
(Scurfy Deceiver)

Interactions where Laccaria proxima 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 QuestionableMajor Betula birches 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/Agaricales/Hydnangiaceae/Laccaria proxima/Laccaria proximascurfy deceiverfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/BetulabirchesliverootMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root of young tree UK/Ireland Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Effects of thinning treatment on an ectomycorrhizal succession under Scots pine, Shaw, P.J.A., Kibby, G. & Mayes, J., 2003
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Hydnangiaceae/Laccaria proxima/Laccaria proximascurfy deceiverfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pineliverootyoung tree

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
Shaw, P.J.A., Kibby, G. & Mayes, J., 2003Effects of thinning treatment on an ectomycorrhizal succession under Scots pineMycol. Res. Vol 107 (3): 317-328.

Laccaria proxima (Scurfy Deceiver) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Laccaria proxima (Scurfy Deceiver) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLaccaria proxima (Scurfy Deceiver)
GenusLaccaria (deceiver toadstools)
FamilyHYDNANGIACEAE (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 Laccaria proxima (Scurfy Deceiver)

Laccaria proxima (Scurfy Deceiver) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Taylor, J. 2001 Arctic alpine fungi of the English Lake District Field Mycology Vol 2 (3): 105-107.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Laccaria proxima (Scurfy Deceiver):

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