Lentinellus ursinus (Fr.) Kühner
(Bear Cockleshell)

Interactions where Lentinellus ursinus 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 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/Russulales/Auriscalpiaceae/Lentinellus ursinus/Lentinellus ursinusbear cockleshellfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdead, fallentrunk (large)Major
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead stump (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/Russulales/Auriscalpiaceae/Lentinellus ursinus/Lentinellus ursinusbear cockleshellfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdeadstump (large)Major
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk (large) Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae 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/Russulales/Auriscalpiaceae/Lentinellus ursinus/Lentinellus ursinusbear cockleshellfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowsdead, fallentrunk (large)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead stump (large) Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae 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/Russulales/Auriscalpiaceae/Lentinellus ursinus/Lentinellus ursinusbear cockleshellfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowsdeadstump (large)

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

Lentinellus ursinus (Bear Cockleshell) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lentinellus ursinus (Bear Cockleshell) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLentinellus ursinus (Bear Cockleshell)
GenusLentinellus (cockleshell fungi)
FamilyAURISCALPIACEAE (a family of basidiomycetes)
OrderRUSSULALES (an order of 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 Lentinellus ursinus (Bear Cockleshell)

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
Overall, A. 2005 Lentinellus ursinus & L. vulpinus make their first recorded appearance in Epping Forest Field Mycology Vol 6 (4): 117-120.
Watling, R. & Gregory, N.M. 1989 Crepidotaceae, Pleurotaceae and other pleurotoid Agarics British Fungus Flora, vol 6, 157pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Lentinellus ursinus (Bear Cockleshell) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lentinellus ursinus (Bear Cockleshell):

Endangered

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