Hericium cirrhatum (Pers.) Nikol.
(Tiered Tooth)

Interactions where Hericium cirrhatum 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 fallen, decayed wood Minor 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/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium cirrhatum/Hericium cirrhatumtiered toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchesfallen, decayedwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, decayed wood Major 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/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium cirrhatum/Hericium cirrhatumtiered toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesfallen, decayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, decayed wood Minor Quercus robur Pedunculate Oak 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/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium cirrhatum/Hericium cirrhatumtiered toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus robur/Quercus roburpedunculate oakfallen, decayedwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, decayed wood Minor Fraxinus ashes Lamiales: Oleaceae 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/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium cirrhatum/Hericium cirrhatumtiered toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusashesfallen, decayedwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, decayed wood Minor Ulmus elms Rosales: Ulmaceae 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/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium cirrhatum/Hericium cirrhatumtiered toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/Ulmuselmsfallen, decayedwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, decayed wood Minor Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore, Great Maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae 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/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium cirrhatum/Hericium cirrhatumtiered toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/Acer pseudoplatanussycamore, great maplefallen, decayedwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, 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/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium cirrhatum/Hericium cirrhatumtiered toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesfallen, decayedwood

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

Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth)
GenusHericium (a genus of tooth fungi)
FamilyHERICIACEAE (a family of lignicolous tooth fungi)
OrderRUSSULALES (an order of 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 Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ainsworth, M. 2004 Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature
Kibby, G. 2012 Readers’ Finds Field Mycology Vol 13 (2): 63-66.
Pearson, A.A. 1946 New Records and Observations. III TBMS Vol 29 (4): 191-210, IN1-5.

Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Boddy, L. & Wald, P. 2002 Creolophus (=Hericium) cirrhatus, Hericium erinaceus and H. coralloides in England Research Reports, Report no 492, 58pp, English Nature
Boddy, L., Wald, P.M., Parfitt, D. & Rogers, H.J. 2004 Preliminary ecological investigation of four wood-inhabiting fungi of conservation concern - oak polypore Piptoporus quercinus (=Buglossoporus pulvinus) and the tooth fungi Hericium/Creolophus spp Research Reports EN Report no 616.
Parfitt, D., Hynes, J., Rogers, H.J. & Boddy, L. 2005 Rare tooth fungi detected by PCR Mycol. Res. Vol 109 (11): 1187-1194.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 12 images of Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth)

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