Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium (Maire) Singer
(Spatula Oyster)

Interactions where Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium 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, fallen, decayed trunk (large) 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/Agaricales/Pleurotaceae/Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium/Hohenbuehelia auriscalpiumspatula oysterfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdead, fallen, decayedtrunk (large)Major
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, moss-covered stump 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/Agaricales/Pleurotaceae/Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium/Hohenbuehelia auriscalpiumspatula oysterfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdead, decayed, moss-coveredstumpMajor
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/Pleurotaceae/Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium/Hohenbuehelia auriscalpiumspatula oysterfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead, 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

Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium (Spatula Oyster) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium (Spatula Oyster) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHohenbuehelia auriscalpium (Spatula Oyster)
GenusHohenbuehelia (a genus of oyster fungi)
FamilyPLEUROTACEAE (oyster fungi)
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 Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium (Spatula Oyster)

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

Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium (Spatula Oyster) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium (Spatula Oyster):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 33 images of Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium (Spatula Oyster)

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