Clitopilus hobsonii (Berk.) P.D. Orton
(Miller’s Oysterling)

Interactions where Clitopilus hobsonii 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, decayed basidiome			Ganoderma adspersum	Southern Bracket	Polyporales: Ganodermataceae	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/Entolomataceae/Clitopilus hobsonii/	Clitopilus hobsonii	miller's oysterling				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma adspersum/	Ganoderma adspersum	southern bracket		dead, decayed		basidiome	Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed basidiome			Trametes versicolor	Turkeytail	Polyporales: Polyporaceae	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/Entolomataceae/Clitopilus hobsonii/	Clitopilus hobsonii	miller's oysterling				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Trametes versicolor/	Trametes versicolor	turkeytail		dead, decayed		basidiome	Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem			Lonicera periclymenum	Honeysuckle	Dipsacales: Caprifoliaceae	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/Entolomataceae/Clitopilus hobsonii/	Clitopilus hobsonii	miller's oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Lonicera periclymenum/	Lonicera periclymenum	honeysuckle		dead	stem		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	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/Entolomataceae/Clitopilus hobsonii/	Clitopilus hobsonii	miller's oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, decayed	wood		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	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/Entolomataceae/Clitopilus hobsonii/	Clitopilus hobsonii	miller's oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead, decayed	wood		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem			Clematis vitalba	Traveller’s Joy, Traveller’s-joy	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	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/Entolomataceae/Clitopilus hobsonii/	Clitopilus hobsonii	miller's oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Clematis vitalba/	Clematis vitalba	traveller’s joy, traveller's-joy		dead	stem		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			[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/Entolomataceae/Clitopilus hobsonii/	Clitopilus hobsonii	miller's oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, decayed	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed debris			Juncus	rushes	Poales: Juncaceae	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/Entolomataceae/Clitopilus hobsonii/	Clitopilus hobsonii	miller's oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus/	Juncus	rushes		dead, decayed	debris		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed debris			Molinia caerulea	Purple Moor-grass	Poales: Poaceae	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/Entolomataceae/Clitopilus hobsonii/	Clitopilus hobsonii	miller's oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Molinia caerulea/	Molinia caerulea	purple moor-grass		dead, decayed	debris		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			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/Entolomataceae/Clitopilus hobsonii/	Clitopilus hobsonii	miller's oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Larix	larches	Pinales: Pinaceae	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/Entolomataceae/Clitopilus hobsonii/	Clitopilus hobsonii	miller's oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/	Larix	larches		dead, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Picea	spruces	Pinales: Pinaceae	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/Entolomataceae/Clitopilus hobsonii/	Clitopilus hobsonii	miller's oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces		dead, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	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/Entolomataceae/Clitopilus hobsonii/	Clitopilus hobsonii	miller's oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines		dead, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Taxus baccata	Yew	Pinales: Taxaceae	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/Entolomataceae/Clitopilus hobsonii/	Clitopilus hobsonii	miller's oysterling				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew		dead, decayed	wood		Minor

Author & Year	Title	Source
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Clitopilus hobsonii (Miller’s Oysterling) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Clitopilus hobsonii (Miller’s Oysterling) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Clitopilus hobsonii (Miller’s Oysterling)
Genus	Clitopilus (a genus of toadstools)
Family	ENTOLOMATACEAE (pinkgills)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Clitopilus hobsonii is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Clitopilus hobsonii (Miller’s Oysterling)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Delivoras, P. & Gonou-Zagou, Z.	2011	Not without a microscope: Look-alike species of Cheimonophyllum, Clitopilis, Creipidotus and Entoloma	Field Mycology vol 12 (2): 49-53.

Clitopilus hobsonii (Miller’s Oysterling) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Clitopilus
(a genus of toadstools)

ENTOLOMATACEAE
(pinkgills)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Clitopilus hobsonii (Miller’s Oysterling):

Clitopilus
(a genus of toadstools)

ENTOLOMATACEAE
(pinkgills)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

BioImages

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