Psathyrella multipedata (Peck) A.H. Sm.
(Clustered Brittlestem)

Interactions where Psathyrella multipedata is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 (caespitose) caespitose fruitbody is saprobic on debris POACEAE grasses, couch Poales 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/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Psathyrella multipedata/Psathyrella multipedataclustered brittlestemcaespitosefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchdebris
fruitbody (caespitose) caespitose fruitbody is saprobic on debris [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous trees 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/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Psathyrella multipedata/Psathyrella multipedataclustered brittlestemcaespitosefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treesdebris

Psathyrella multipedata (Clustered Brittlestem) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Psathyrella multipedata (Clustered Brittlestem) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPsathyrella multipedata (Clustered Brittlestem)
GenusPsathyrella (brittlestem toadstools)
FamilyPSATHYRELLACEAE (a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Psathyrella multipedata (Clustered Brittlestem)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Overall, A. 2008 Macrofungi of the Kenwood Estate Field Mycology Vol 9 (4): 126-130.

Psathyrella multipedata (Clustered Brittlestem) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Psathyrella multipedata (Clustered Brittlestem):

An elegant toadstool which forms large dense tufts of a hundred individuals or more. It grows not uncommonly in parks, mossy-grassy places in deciduous woods or ruderal areas, especially on clay or loam.

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