Tubaria dispersa (Pers.) Singer
(Hawthorn Twiglet)

Interactions where Tubaria dispersa 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 buried, mummified berry Rare Ilex aquifolium Holly Aquifoliales: Aquifoliaceae 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/Tubariaceae/Tubaria dispersa/Tubaria dispersahawthorn twigletfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Aquifoliales/Aquifoliaceae/Ilex aquifolium/Ilex aquifoliumhollyburied, mummifiedberryRare (late spring, early autumn)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on buried, mummified berry Rare Amelanchier lamarckii Juneberry Rosales: Rosaceae 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/Tubariaceae/Tubaria dispersa/Tubaria dispersahawthorn twigletfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Amelanchier lamarckii/Amelanchier lamarckiijuneberryburied, mummifiedberryRare (late spring, early autumn)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on buried, mummified berry Minor Cotoneaster cotoneasters Rosales: Rosaceae 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/Tubariaceae/Tubaria dispersa/Tubaria dispersahawthorn twigletfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Cotoneaster/Cotoneastercotoneastersburied, mummifiedberryMinor (late spring, early autumn)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on buried, mummified berry Major Crataegus hawthorns Rosales: Rosaceae 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/Tubariaceae/Tubaria dispersa/Tubaria dispersahawthorn twigletfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/Crataegushawthornsburied, mummifiedberryMajor (late spring, early autumn)

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

Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet)
GenusTubaria (a genus of twiglet toadstools)
FamilyTUBARIACEAE (a family of fungi)
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 Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Lanzoni, G., et al 1999 Specie interessanti dell’erbario Lanzoni Fungi Non Delineati Pars VII.
Legg, A. 2001 Associations of Tubaria dispersa (=T. autochthona) in Britain Field Mycology Vol 2 (2): 43-44.

Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Blackwell, J. 2001 Tubaria dispersa Vol 2 (3)
Cullington, P. 2009 Letter Vol 10 (3)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 34 images of Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet)

A small pale toadstool with bright yellow gills that grows under Crataegus on mummified haws.

A small toadstool that grows on buried, mummified hawthoth (Crataegus) haws in late spring and early autumn. It is common in southern England but less widespread in the north. Previously known as Tubaria autochthona.

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