Pholiota spumosa (Fr.) Singer
(a scalycap)

Interactions where Pholiota spumosa 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 UK/IrelandRestricted Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form) Caledonian Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Fungi of Northern Pine and Birch woods, Orton, P.D., 1986
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Pholiota spumosa/Pholiota spumosaa scalycapfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form)/Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form)Caledonian pinedead, decayedwoodSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Orton, P.D., 1986Fungi of Northern Pine and Birch woodsBull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 20 (2): 130-145.

Pholiota spumosa (a scalycap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pholiota spumosa (a scalycap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPholiota spumosa (a scalycap)
GenusPholiota (scalycap toadstools)
FamilySTROPHARIACEAE (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 Pholiota spumosa (a scalycap)

Pholiota spumosa (a scalycap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pholiota spumosa (a scalycap):

Vulnerable

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