Epithele typhae (Pers.) Pat.
(a resupinate fungus)

Interactions where Epithele typhae 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 stem			Carex acutiformis	Lesser Pond-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Epithele typhae/	Epithele typhae	a resupinate fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	stem		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead leaf base			Carex acutiformis	Lesser Pond-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Epithele typhae/	Epithele typhae	a resupinate fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf base		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem			Carex riparia	Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Epithele typhae/	Epithele typhae	a resupinate fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex riparia/	Carex riparia	great pond-sedge, greater pond-sedge		dead	stem		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead leaf base			Carex riparia	Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Epithele typhae/	Epithele typhae	a resupinate fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex riparia/	Carex riparia	great pond-sedge, greater pond-sedge		dead	leaf base		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem			Glyceria maxima	Reed Sweet-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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Epithele typhae/	Epithele typhae	a resupinate fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria maxima/	Glyceria maxima	reed sweet-grass		dead	stem		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead leaf base			Glyceria maxima	Reed Sweet-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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Epithele typhae/	Epithele typhae	a resupinate fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria maxima/	Glyceria maxima	reed sweet-grass		dead	leaf base		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem			Typha latifolia	Bulrush, Greater Reedmace	Poales: Typhaceae	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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Epithele typhae/	Epithele typhae	a resupinate fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha latifolia/	Typha latifolia	bulrush, greater reedmace		dead	stem		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead leaf base			Typha latifolia	Bulrush, Greater Reedmace	Poales: Typhaceae	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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Epithele typhae/	Epithele typhae	a resupinate fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha latifolia/	Typha latifolia	bulrush, greater reedmace		dead	leaf base		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

Epithele typhae (a resupinate fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Epithele typhae (a resupinate fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

POLYPORACEAE
(a family of polypores)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Epithele typhae (a resupinate fungus)
Family	POLYPORACEAE (a family of polypores)
Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
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)

Epithele typhae is also a member of:
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 Epithele typhae (a resupinate fungus)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L.	1975	The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 3 Coronicium - Hyphoderma	Corticiaceae of Northern Europe, The, 3, Fungiflora

Epithele typhae (a resupinate fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

POLYPORACEAE
(a family of polypores)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Epithele typhae (a resupinate fungus):

POLYPORACEAE
(a family of polypores)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

BioImages

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A whitish to cream coloured resupinate fungus with a papillate surface. It grows at the base of and on dead stems and leaves of Carex, Typha and Scirpus in stands of reeds and swampy meadows.

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