Tephrocybe rancida (Fr.) Donk
(Rancid Greyling)

Interactions where Tephrocybe rancida 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, fallen, decaying leaf of litter [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees 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/Lyophyllaceae/Tephrocybe rancida/Tephrocybe rancidarancid greylingfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead, fallen, decayingleaflitter

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

Tephrocybe rancida (Rancid Greyling) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Tephrocybe rancida (Rancid Greyling) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTephrocybe rancida (Rancid Greyling)
GenusTephrocybe (greyling toadstools)
FamilyLYOPHYLLACEAE (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 Tephrocybe rancida (Rancid Greyling)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Kibby, G. 2005 Fungal Portraits, No. 23: Lyophyllum rancidum Field Mycology Vol 6 (3): 75-76.

Tephrocybe rancida (Rancid Greyling) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tephrocybe rancida (Rancid Greyling):

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