Spongipellis spumeus (Sowerby) Pat.
(a mazegill fungus)

Interactions where Spongipellis spumeus 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 fruitbody parasitises living wood Major Fagus beeches Fagales: Fagaceae 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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Spongipellis spumeus/Spongipellis spumeusa mazegill fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/FagusbeecheslivingwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on wood Major Fagus beeches Fagales: Fagaceae 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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Spongipellis spumeus/Spongipellis spumeusa mazegill fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/FagusbeecheswoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises living wood Rare Fraxinus ashes Lamiales: Oleaceae 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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Spongipellis spumeus/Spongipellis spumeusa mazegill fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/FraxinusasheslivingwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on wood Rare Fraxinus ashes Lamiales: Oleaceae 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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Spongipellis spumeus/Spongipellis spumeusa mazegill fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/FraxinusasheswoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises living wood Rare Populus poplars Malpighiales: Salicaceae 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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Spongipellis spumeus/Spongipellis spumeusa mazegill fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/PopuluspoplarslivingwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on wood Rare Populus poplars Malpighiales: Salicaceae 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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Spongipellis spumeus/Spongipellis spumeusa mazegill fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/PopuluspoplarswoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises living wood Rare Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis hybrid crack-willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae 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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Spongipellis spumeus/Spongipellis spumeusa mazegill fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis/Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilishybrid crack-willowlivingwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on wood Rare Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis hybrid crack-willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae 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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Spongipellis spumeus/Spongipellis spumeusa mazegill fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis/Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilishybrid crack-willowwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises living wood Minor Malus apples Rosales: Rosaceae 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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Spongipellis spumeus/Spongipellis spumeusa mazegill fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/MalusappleslivingwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on wood Minor Malus apples Rosales: Rosaceae 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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Spongipellis spumeus/Spongipellis spumeusa mazegill fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/MalusappleswoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises living wood Rare Ulmus elms Rosales: Ulmaceae 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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Spongipellis spumeus/Spongipellis spumeusa mazegill fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/UlmuselmslivingwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on wood Rare Ulmus elms Rosales: Ulmaceae 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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Spongipellis spumeus/Spongipellis spumeusa mazegill fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/UlmuselmswoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises living wood Rare Acer grosseri a maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae 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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Spongipellis spumeus/Spongipellis spumeusa mazegill fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer grosseri/Acer grosseria maplelivingwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on wood Rare Acer grosseri a maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae 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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Spongipellis spumeus/Spongipellis spumeusa mazegill fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer grosseri/Acer grosseria maplewoodRare

Spongipellis spumeus (a mazegill fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Spongipellis spumeus (a mazegill fungus) 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:
SpeciesSpongipellis spumeus (a mazegill fungus)
GenusSpongipellis (mazegill fungi)
FamilyPOLYPORACEAE (a family of polypores)
OrderPOLYPORALES (polypores)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
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 Spongipellis spumeus (a mazegill fungus)

Spongipellis spumeus (a mazegill fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Spongipellis spumeus (a mazegill fungus):

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