Inocybe (Fr.) Fr.
(fibrecap toadstools)

Interactions where Inocybe 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
(live) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with root of seed (germinating) UK/Ireland Cephalanthera longifolia Sword-leaved Helleborine, Narrow-leaved Helleborine Asparagales: Orchidaceae Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and development, Bidartondo, M.I. & Read, D.J., 2008
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Inocybaceae/Inocybe/Inocybefibrecap toadstoolslivemycelium Foodplant / mycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Cephalanthera longifolia/Cephalanthera longifoliasword-leaved helleborine, narrow-leaved helleborinerootseed (germinating)
(live) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with live root of seed (germinating) UK/Ireland Epipactis atrorubens Dark-red Helleborine Asparagales: Orchidaceae Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and development, Bidartondo, M.I. & Read, D.J., 2008
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Inocybaceae/Inocybe/Inocybefibrecap toadstoolslivemycelium Foodplant / mycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipactis atrorubens/Epipactis atrorubensdark-red helleborineliverootseed (germinating)
(live) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with live root of seedling UK/Ireland Epipactis atrorubens Dark-red Helleborine Asparagales: Orchidaceae Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and development, Bidartondo, M.I. & Read, D.J., 2008
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Inocybaceae/Inocybe/Inocybefibrecap toadstoolslivemycelium Foodplant / mycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipactis atrorubens/Epipactis atrorubensdark-red helleborineliverootseedling
(live) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with root of plant UK/Ireland Epipactis dunensis Dune Helleborine Asparagales: Orchidaceae Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and development, Bidartondo, M.I. & Read, D.J., 2008
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Inocybaceae/Inocybe/Inocybefibrecap toadstoolslivemycelium Foodplant / mycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipactis dunensis/Epipactis dunensisdune helleborinerootplant

Interactions where Inocybe is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by effuse colony of Mycogone anamorph Mycogone rosea an anamorphic fungus Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Mycogone rosea/Mycogone roseaan anamorphic funguseffusecolonyMycogone anamorph Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Inocybaceae/Inocybe/Inocybefibrecap toadstoolsfruitbody effuse colony of Mycogone anamorph parasitises fruitbody
mycorrhiza mycorrhiza is parasitised by live root ForeignMajor Epipogium aphyllum Ghost Orchid Asparagales: Orchidaceae Ectomycorrhizal Inocybe species associate with the mycoheterotrophic orchid Epipogium aphyllum but not its asexual propagules, Roy, M. et al, 2009
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipogium aphyllum/Epipogium aphyllumghost orchidliveroot Fungus / parasiteForeign /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Inocybaceae/Inocybe/Inocybefibrecap toadstoolsmycorrhizaMajor live root parasitises mycorrhiza

Author & YearTitleSource
Bidartondo, M.I. & Read, D.J., 2008Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and developmentMolecular Ecology Vol 17: 3707-3716.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Roy, M. et al, 2009Ectomycorrhizal Inocybe species associate with the mycoheterotrophic orchid Epipogium aphyllum but not its asexual propagulesAnn Bot 104: 595-610.

Inocybe (fibrecap toadstools) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Inocybe (fibrecap toadstools) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Subgenus 33 subtaxa 74 trophisms 8 references
Subgenus 56 subtaxa 140 trophisms 33 references
Species 1 references
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 references
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 references
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 3 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Unidentified
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusInocybe (fibrecap toadstools)
FamilyINOCYBACEAE (a family of toadstools)
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 Inocybe (fibrecap toadstools)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Bandini, D., Bernd Oertel, B. & Ursula Eberhardt, U. 2022 Noch mehr Risspilze (3): Einundzwanzig neue Arten der Familie Inocybaceae (Even more fibre-caps (3): Twenty-one new species of the family Inocybaceae) Mycologia Bavarica Vol 22: 31-138.
Bandini, D. Inocybe www.inocybe.org/
Kühner, R. & Romagnesi, H. 1955 Compléments a la "Flore analytique" VI: Inocybe goniosporés et Inocybe acystidiés. Espéces nouvelles ou critiques Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France Tome LXXI, Fasc 3: 169-201.
Kühner, R. & Romagnesi, H. 1955 Compléments a la "Flore analytique" V: Inocybe leiosporés cystidiés. Espéces nouvelles ou critiques Bull. Soc. des Natur. d’Oyonnax No 9 - Mémoires hors série no 1: 3-95.
Kuyper, T.W. 1986 A revision of the genus Inocybe in Europe. I. Subgenus Inosperma and the smooth-spored species of subgenus Inocybe Persoonia Supplement 3.
Outen, A. & Cullington, P. 2011 *** Keys to the British Species of Inocybe ***(Superseded)
Outen, A. 1998 *** Inocybe ***(Superseded)
Outen, A.R. & Cullington, P. 2015 Keys to British species of Inocybe http://www.bucksfungusgroup.org.uk/index.html
Pearson, A.A. 1954 *** The Genus Inocybe ***(Superseded) The Naturalist, Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union (YNU)
Pegler, D.N. & Young, T.W.K. 1972 Basidiospore form in the British species of Inocybe Kew Bulletin Vol 26 (3): 499-537+19 plates.
Stangl, J. 1989 Die Gattung Inocybe in Bayern Hoppea, Denkschr. Regensb. Bot. Ges. Bd. 46: 5-388.

Reddening Species

() Cullington, P. 2015 A key to reddening species of Inocybe in Britain Field Mycology Vol 16 (3): 77-92.

Inocybe (fibrecap toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Leake, J.R. 2005 Plants parasitic on fungi: unearthing the fungi in myco-heterotrophs and debunking the "saprophytic" plant myth Mycologist Vol 19 (3): 113-122.

Nutrition

Hobbie, E.A., Hofmockel, K.S., van Diepen, L.T.A., Lilleskov, E.A., Ouimette, A.P. & Finzi, A.C. 2014 Fungal carbon sources in a pine forest: evidence from a 13C-labeled global change experiment FungEcol Vol 10: 91-100.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Inocybe (fibrecap toadstools):

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