Hymenangium album Klotzsch
(a truffle)

Interactions where Hymenangium album is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 (hypogeous) hypogeous fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with root UK/IrelandRestricted Eucalyptus gums, gumtrees Myrtales: Myrtaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Profiles of Fungi No. 118: Hymenangium album Klotzsch, Roberts, P.J., 2000
Eucalypt associates, Watling, R., 1988
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Rhizopogonaceae/Hymenangium album/Hymenangium albuma trufflehypogeousfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Eucalyptus/Eucalyptusgums, gumtreesrootSole
mycelium mycelium is ectomycorrhizal with root UK/IrelandRestricted Eucalyptus gums, gumtrees Myrtales: Myrtaceae A few exotic mycorrhizal fungi dominate eucalypts planted in England, Pennington, H.G., Bidartondo, M.I. & Barsoum, N., 2011
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Rhizopogonaceae/Hymenangium album/Hymenangium albuma trufflemycelium Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Eucalyptus/Eucalyptusgums, gumtreesrootSole

Hymenangium album (a truffle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hymenangium album (a truffle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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
Pennington, H.G., Bidartondo, M.I. & Barsoum, N., 2011A few exotic mycorrhizal fungi dominate eucalypts planted in EnglandFungEcol Vol 04 (4): 299-302.
Roberts, P.J., 2000Profiles of Fungi No. 118: Hymenangium album KlotzschMycologist Vol 14 (4): 160.
Watling, R., 1988Eucalypt associatesMycologist Vol 02 (2): 73-74.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHymenangium album (a truffle)
FamilyRHIZOPOGONACEAE (beard truffles)
OrderBOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hymenangium album (a truffle)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Lago-Alvarez, M. & Castro, M.L. 2004 Macrobasidiomicetos asociados a Eucalyptus en la Península Ibérica Fungi Non Delineati Pars XXVII.
Roberts, P.J. 2000 Profiles of Fungi No. 118: Hymenangium album Klotzsch Mycologist Vol 14 (4): 160.
Watling, R. 1988 Eucalypt associates Mycologist Vol 02 (2): 73-74.

Hymenangium album (a truffle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hymenangium album (a truffle):

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