Ischnoderma benzoinum (Wahlenb.) P. Karst.
(Benzoin Bracket)

Interactions where Ischnoderma benzoinum 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, decayed wood			PINOPSIDA	conifers		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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Ischnoderma benzoinum/	Ischnoderma benzoinum	benzoin bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead, decayed	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk (large)			PINOPSIDA	conifers		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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Ischnoderma benzoinum/	Ischnoderma benzoinum	benzoin bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead, fallen	trunk (large)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Araucaria araucana	Monkey Puzzle, Monkey-puzzle	Pinales: Araucariaceae	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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Ischnoderma benzoinum/	Ischnoderma benzoinum	benzoin bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/	Araucaria araucana	monkey puzzle, monkey-puzzle		dead, decayed	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk (large)			Araucaria araucana	Monkey Puzzle, Monkey-puzzle	Pinales: Araucariaceae	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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Ischnoderma benzoinum/	Ischnoderma benzoinum	benzoin bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/	Araucaria araucana	monkey puzzle, monkey-puzzle		dead, fallen	trunk (large)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Abies	firs	Pinales: Pinaceae	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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Ischnoderma benzoinum/	Ischnoderma benzoinum	benzoin bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies/	Abies	firs		dead, decayed	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk (large)			Abies	firs	Pinales: Pinaceae	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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Ischnoderma benzoinum/	Ischnoderma benzoinum	benzoin bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies/	Abies	firs		dead, fallen	trunk (large)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Picea	spruces	Pinales: Pinaceae	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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Ischnoderma benzoinum/	Ischnoderma benzoinum	benzoin bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces		dead, decayed	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk (large)			Picea	spruces	Pinales: Pinaceae	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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Ischnoderma benzoinum/	Ischnoderma benzoinum	benzoin bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces		dead, fallen	trunk (large)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Ischnoderma benzoinum/	Ischnoderma benzoinum	benzoin bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines		dead, decayed	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk (large)			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Ischnoderma benzoinum/	Ischnoderma benzoinum	benzoin bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines		dead, fallen	trunk (large)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas Fir	Pinales: Pinaceae	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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Ischnoderma benzoinum/	Ischnoderma benzoinum	benzoin bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas fir		dead, decayed	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk (large)			Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas Fir	Pinales: Pinaceae	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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Ischnoderma benzoinum/	Ischnoderma benzoinum	benzoin bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas fir		dead, fallen	trunk (large)

Interactions where Ischnoderma benzoinum 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
(old)		old bracket is parasitised by subiculate perithecium			Hypomyces aurantius	Orange Polypore Mould	Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces aurantius/	Hypomyces aurantius	orange polypore mould		subiculate		perithecium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Ischnoderma benzoinum/	Ischnoderma benzoinum	benzoin bracket		old		bracket	Major			subiculate perithecium parasitises old bracket
(old)		old bracket is parasitised by Cladobotryum anamorph			Hypomyces aurantius	Orange Polypore Mould	Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces aurantius/	Hypomyces aurantius	orange polypore mould				Cladobotryum anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Ischnoderma benzoinum/	Ischnoderma benzoinum	benzoin bracket		old		bracket	Major			Cladobotryum anamorph parasitises old bracket

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Ischnoderma benzoinum (Benzoin Bracket) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ischnoderma benzoinum (Benzoin Bracket) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Ischnoderma benzoinum (Benzoin Bracket)
Genus	Ischnoderma (a genus of bracket fungi)
Family	FOMITOPSIDACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Ischnoderma benzoinum is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ischnoderma benzoinum (Benzoin Bracket)

Ischnoderma benzoinum (Benzoin Bracket) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

FOMITOPSIDACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ischnoderma benzoinum (Benzoin Bracket):

FOMITOPSIDACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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