Cystoderma carcharias (Pers.) Fayod
(Pearly Powdercap)

Interactions where Cystoderma carcharias 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 associated with UK/IrelandMinor [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/Cystoderma carcharias/Cystoderma carchariaspearly powdercapfruitbody Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with UK/IrelandMajor 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/Cystoderma carcharias/Cystoderma carchariaspearly powdercapfruitbody Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/PinopsidaconifersMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with gametophyte UK/IrelandMinor BRYOPSIDA mosses 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/Cystoderma carcharias/Cystoderma carchariaspearly powdercapfruitbody Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/BryopsidamossesgametophyteMinor

Interactions where Cystoderma carcharias is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part 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 Summary
stipe stipe of fruitbody is parasitised by fruitbody Foreign Dissoderma paradoxum Powdercap Strangler Agaricales Squamanita in Britain and Europe, Henrici, A., 2013
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Dissoderma paradoxum/Dissoderma paradoxumpowdercap stranglerfruitbody Fungus / parasiteForeign /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Cystoderma carcharias/Cystoderma carchariaspearly powdercapstipefruitbody fruitbody parasitises stipe of fruitbody

Author & YearTitleSource
Henrici, A., 2013Squamanita in Britain and EuropeField Mycology Vol 14 (2): 56-63.
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

Cystoderma carcharias (Pearly Powdercap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cystoderma carcharias (Pearly Powdercap) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCystoderma carcharias (Pearly Powdercap)
GenusCystoderma (powdercaps)
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 Cystoderma carcharias (Pearly Powdercap)

Cystoderma carcharias (Pearly Powdercap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cystoderma carcharias (Pearly Powdercap):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 34 images of Cystoderma carcharias (Pearly Powdercap)

A pale pinkish or lilaceous toadstool with a membranous ring, a powdery cap and a stipe which is powdery below up to and including the underside of the ring. It is uncommon but widespread, growing amongst needles and mosses in coniferous woodland and also in grassland.

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