Parasola misera (P. Karst.) Redhead, Vilgalys & Hopple
(Least Inkcap)

Interactions where Parasola misera 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 in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung UK/Ireland Bos taurus Cattle, Domestic Cattle Artiodactyla: Bovidae The genus Parasola in Britain including Parasola cuniculorum sp. nov., Schafer, D.J., 2014
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Parasola misera/Parasola miseraleast inkcapfruitbody Animal / dung / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/Bos tauruscattle, domestic cattleweathereddung
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung UK/Ireland CERVIDAE deer, buck Artiodactyla The genus Parasola in Britain including Parasola cuniculorum sp. nov., Schafer, D.J., 2014
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Parasola misera/Parasola miseraleast inkcapfruitbody Animal / dung / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Cervidae/Cervidaedeer, buckweathereddung
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung UK/Ireland Equus ferus Horse Perissodactyla: Equidae The genus Parasola in Britain including Parasola cuniculorum sp. nov., Schafer, D.J., 2014
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Parasola misera/Parasola miseraleast inkcapfruitbody Animal / dung / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Perissodactyla/Equidae/Equus ferus/Equus ferushorseweathereddung
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung UK/IrelandRestricted [Herbivores] mammalian herbivores Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Keys to Fungi on Dung, Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997
The genus Parasola in Britain including Parasola cuniculorum sp. nov., Schafer, D.J., 2014
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Parasola misera/Parasola miseraleast inkcapfruitbody Animal / dung / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Herbivores/Herbivoresmammalian herbivoresweathereddungSole

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
Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997Keys to Fungi on Dung2 edition, 68pp, British Mycological Society
Schafer, D.J., 2014The genus Parasola in Britain including Parasola cuniculorum sp. nov.Field Mycology Vol 15 (3): 77-99.

Parasola misera (Least Inkcap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Parasola misera (Least Inkcap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesParasola misera (Least Inkcap)
GenusParasola (pleated inkcaps)
FamilyPSATHYRELLACEAE (a family of inkcap and brittlestem 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 Parasola misera (Least Inkcap)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Graddon, W.D., Watling, R., Gunnell, J. & Frost, L.C. 1960 British Records 43-57 TBMS Vol 43 (4).
Nagy, L.G., Kocsubé, S., Papp, T. & Vágvölgy, C. 2009 Phylogeny and character evolution of the coprinoid mushroom genus Parasola as inferred from LSU and ITS nrDNA sequence data Persoonia Vol 22: 28-37.

Parasola misera (Least Inkcap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Parasola misera (Least Inkcap):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 9 images of Parasola misera (Least Inkcap)
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