Myriostoma coliforme (Dicks.) Corda
(Pepper Pot)

Interactions where Myriostoma coliforme 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 associated with Urtica dioica Common Nettle Rosales: Urticaceae 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/Geastrales/Geastraceae/Myriostoma coliforme/Myriostoma coliformepepper potfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/Urtica dioicacommon nettle

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

Myriostoma coliforme (Pepper Pot) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Myriostoma coliforme (Pepper Pot) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMyriostoma coliforme (Pepper Pot)
GenusMyriostoma (Bot.) (a genus of fungi)
FamilyGEASTRACEAE (earthstars)
OrderGEASTRALES (earth-stars)
SubclassPHALLOMYCETIDAE (stinkhorns, stinkhorn truffles, and earth-stars, coral, tooth and club fungi)
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 Myriostoma coliforme (Pepper Pot)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 1999 Vol 13 Part 4 - Rear cover Mycologist Vol 123: rear cover.
Evans, S. 2006 Conservation Corner (April 2006) Field Mycology Vol 7 (2): 69-71.
Henrici, A. 2006 Notes and Records (April 2006) Field Mycology Vol 7 (2): 66-68, rear cover.
Mahler, N. & Ainsworth, M. 2010 A second recent record of Myriostoma coliforme (Critically Endangered) from East Suffolk Field Mycology Vol 11 (4): 144-145.

Myriostoma coliforme (Pepper Pot) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Henrici, A. 2000 Notes and records (April 2000) Field Mycology Vol 1 (2): 54-55.
Roberts, P. 2010 Wildlife Reports: Fungi (Oct 2010) British Wildlife Vol 22(1): 63-64.
Zamora, J.C., Calonge, F de D., Hosaka, K. & Martín, M.P. 2014 Systematics of the genus Geastrum (Fungi: Basidiomycota) revisited Taxon Vol 63 (3): 477-497.

Conservation

Evans, S. 2006 Conservation corner - Oct 2006 Field Mycology Vol 7 (4): 143-145.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Myriostoma coliforme (Pepper Pot):

Extinct

CR/B

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