Apioperdon pyriforme (Schaeff.) Vizzini
(Stump Puffball)

Interactions where Apioperdon pyriforme 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, decaying wood Major [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/Agaricaceae/Apioperdon pyriforme/Apioperdon pyriformestump puffballfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead, decayingwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decaying wood Minor 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/Agaricaceae/Apioperdon pyriforme/Apioperdon pyriformestump puffballfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdead, decayingwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, stem Rare Dryopteris filix-mas Common Male Fern, Male-fern Polypodiales: Dryopteridaceae 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/Agaricaceae/Apioperdon pyriforme/Apioperdon pyriformestump puffballfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Dryopteridaceae/Dryopteris filix-mas/Dryopteris filix-mascommon male fern, male-ferndead,stemRare

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

Apioperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Apioperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesApioperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball)
GenusApioperdon (stump puffballs)
FamilyAGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
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 Apioperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball)

Apioperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Apioperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball):

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