Gloeoporus taxicola (Pers.) Gilb. & Ryvarden
(a bracket fungus)

Interactions where Gloeoporus taxicola 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 wood Rare Ulex europaeus Gorse, Furze, Whin Fabales: Fabaceae 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/Meruliaceae/Gloeoporus taxicola/Gloeoporus taxicolaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex europaeus/Ulex europaeusgorse, furze, whindead, decayedwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Rare Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae 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/Meruliaceae/Gloeoporus taxicola/Gloeoporus taxicolaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchesdead, decayedwoodRare
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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Gloeoporus taxicola/Gloeoporus taxicolaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdead, decayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major 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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Gloeoporus taxicola/Gloeoporus taxicolaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceasprucesdead, decayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine 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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Gloeoporus taxicola/Gloeoporus taxicolaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pinedead, decayedwoodMajor

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

Gloeoporus taxicola (a bracket fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Gloeoporus taxicola (a bracket fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGloeoporus taxicola (a bracket fungus)
FamilyMERULIACEAE (rosette fungi)
OrderPOLYPORALES (polypores)
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 Gloeoporus taxicola (a bracket fungus)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Legon & Pegler 1996 Profiles of Fungi No. 78: Gloeoporus taxicola (Pers.: Fr.) Gilb. & Ryvarden. Mycologist Vol 10 (2): 84-85.

Gloeoporus taxicola (a bracket fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Seierstad, K.S., Carlsen, T., Sætre, G.-P., Miettinen, O., Hofton, T.H. & Kauserud, H. 2013 A phylogeographic survey of a circumboreal polypore indicates introgression among ecologically differentiated cryptic lineages FungEcol Vol 06 (1): 119-128.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Gloeoporus taxicola (a bracket fungus):

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