Poronia erici Lohmeyer & Benkert
(Dung Button)

Interactions where Poronia erici 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
stroma (stalked)		stalked stroma is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung of esp. maritime			Bos taurus	Cattle, Domestic Cattle	Artiodactyla: Bovidae	New European and Australian records of Poronia erici Lohmeyer and Benkert, and a fairy tale concerning their possible relationship, Lohmeyer, T.R., 1994	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Poronia erici/	Poronia erici	dung button		stalked		stroma	Animal / dung / saprobe		Foreign	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/	Bos taurus	cattle, domestic cattle			dung	esp. maritime	Minor
stroma (stalked)		stalked stroma is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung of esp. maritime			Capra hircus	Goat (Domestic & Feral), Feral Goat	Artiodactyla: Bovidae	New European and Australian records of Poronia erici Lohmeyer and Benkert, and a fairy tale concerning their possible relationship, Lohmeyer, T.R., 1994 Fungal Portraits No. 48: Poronia erici, Spooner, B., 2011	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Poronia erici/	Poronia erici	dung button		stalked		stroma	Animal / dung / saprobe		Foreign	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Capra hircus/	Capra hircus	goat (domestic & feral), feral goat			dung	esp. maritime	Minor
stroma (stalked)		stalked stroma is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung of esp. maritime			Ovis aries	Sheep (Domestic and Feral), Feral Sheep	Artiodactyla: Bovidae	New European and Australian records of Poronia erici Lohmeyer and Benkert, and a fairy tale concerning their possible relationship, Lohmeyer, T.R., 1994 Fungal Portraits No. 48: Poronia erici, Spooner, B., 2011	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Poronia erici/	Poronia erici	dung button		stalked		stroma	Animal / dung / saprobe		Foreign	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/	Ovis aries	sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep			dung	esp. maritime	Minor
stroma (stalked)		stalked stroma is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			MACROPODIDAE	wallabies	Diprotodontia	Fungal Portraits No. 48: Poronia erici, Spooner, B., 2011	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Poronia erici/	Poronia erici	dung button		stalked		stroma	Animal / dung / saprobe		Foreign	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Diprotodontia/Macropodidae/	Macropodidae	wallabies			dung
stroma (stalked)		stalked stroma is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung of esp. maritime			Lepus	hares	Lagomorpha: Leporidae	New European and Australian records of Poronia erici Lohmeyer and Benkert, and a fairy tale concerning their possible relationship, Lohmeyer, T.R., 1994 Fungal Portraits No. 48: Poronia erici, Spooner, B., 2011	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Poronia erici/	Poronia erici	dung button		stalked		stroma	Animal / dung / saprobe		Foreign	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Lagomorpha/Leporidae/Lepus/	Lepus	hares			dung	esp. maritime	Minor
stroma (stalked)		stalked stroma is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung of esp. maritime			Oryctolagus cuniculus	Rabbit, European Rabbit	Lagomorpha: Leporidae	New European and Australian records of Poronia erici Lohmeyer and Benkert, and a fairy tale concerning their possible relationship, Lohmeyer, T.R., 1994 Keys to Fungi on Dung, Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Poronia erici/	Poronia erici	dung button		stalked		stroma	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Lagomorpha/Leporidae/Oryctolagus cuniculus/	Oryctolagus cuniculus	rabbit, european rabbit			dung	esp. maritime	Major
stroma (stalked)		stalked stroma is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung of esp. maritime			Equus ferus	Horse	Perissodactyla: Equidae	New European and Australian records of Poronia erici Lohmeyer and Benkert, and a fairy tale concerning their possible relationship, Lohmeyer, T.R., 1994 Fungal Portraits No. 48: Poronia erici, Spooner, B., 2011	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Poronia erici/	Poronia erici	dung button		stalked		stroma	Animal / dung / saprobe		Foreign	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Perissodactyla/Equidae/Equus ferus/	Equus ferus	horse			dung	esp. maritime	Minor

Author & Year	Title	Source
Lohmeyer, T.R., 1994	New European and Australian records of Poronia erici Lohmeyer and Benkert, and a fairy tale concerning their possible relationship	Mycologist Vol 08 (01): 16-20.
Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997	Keys to Fungi on Dung	2 edition, 68pp, British Mycological Society
Spooner, B., 2011	Fungal Portraits No. 48: Poronia erici	Field Mycology Vol 12 (4): 110.

Poronia erici (Dung Button) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Poronia erici (Dung Button) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Poronia erici (Dung Button)
Genus	Poronia (a genus of fungi)
Family	XYLARIACEAE (a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
Order	XYLARIALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Poronia erici is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
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 Poronia erici (Dung Button)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Lohmeyer, T.R.	1994	New European and Australian records of Poronia erici Lohmeyer and Benkert, and a fairy tale concerning their possible relationship	Mycologist Vol 08 (01): 16-20.
	Spooner, B.	2011	Fungal Portraits No. 48: Poronia erici	Field Mycology Vol 12 (4): 110.

Poronia erici (Dung Button) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

XYLARIACEAE
(a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Poronia erici (Dung Button):

XYLARIACEAE
(a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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