Inocybe stellatospora (Peck) Massee
(Woolly Fibrecap)

Interactions where Inocybe stellatospora 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 ectomycorrhizal with live root Questionable [Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs] ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs 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/Inocybaceae/Inocybe stellatospora/Inocybe stellatosporawoolly fibrecapfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs/Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubsectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubsliveroot

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

Inocybe stellatospora (Woolly Fibrecap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Inocybe stellatospora (Woolly Fibrecap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesInocybe stellatospora (Woolly Fibrecap)
SubgenusInocybe (Inocybe) (nodulose-spored Inocybe toadstools)
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 stellatospora (Woolly Fibrecap)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Pearson, A.A. 1946 New Records and Observations. III TBMS Vol 29 (4): 191-210, IN1-5.

Inocybe stellatospora (Woolly Fibrecap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Dighton, J. & Horrill, A.D. 1988 Radiocaesium accumulation in the mycorrhizal fungi Lactarius rufus and Inocybe longicystis, in upland Britain, following the Chernobyl accident TBMS Vol 91 (2): 335-337.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Inocybe stellatospora (Woolly Fibrecap):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 67 images of Inocybe stellatospora (Woolly Fibrecap)

A small brown toadstool with a shaggy cap and stem. It is generally found in acid woodland, often among Sphagnum. It is one of the knobbly-spored Incocybe species.

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