Tubaria dispersa (Pers.) Singer
(Hawthorn Twiglet)

Interactions where Tubaria dispersa 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 is saprobic on buried, mummified berry Rare Ilex aquifolium Holly Aquifoliales: Aquifoliaceae 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/Tubariaceae/Tubaria dispersa/Tubaria dispersahawthorn twigletfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Aquifoliales/Aquifoliaceae/Ilex aquifolium/Ilex aquifoliumhollyburied, mummifiedberryRare (late spring, early autumn)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on buried, mummified berry Rare Amelanchier lamarckii Juneberry 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/Agaricales/Tubariaceae/Tubaria dispersa/Tubaria dispersahawthorn twigletfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Amelanchier lamarckii/Amelanchier lamarckiijuneberryburied, mummifiedberryRare (late spring, early autumn)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on buried, mummified berry Minor Cotoneaster cotoneasters 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/Agaricales/Tubariaceae/Tubaria dispersa/Tubaria dispersahawthorn twigletfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Cotoneaster/Cotoneastercotoneastersburied, mummifiedberryMinor (late spring, early autumn)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on buried, mummified berry Major Crataegus hawthorns 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/Agaricales/Tubariaceae/Tubaria dispersa/Tubaria dispersahawthorn twigletfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/Crataegushawthornsburied, mummifiedberryMajor (late spring, early autumn)

Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet) 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:
SpeciesTubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet)
GenusTubaria (a genus of twiglet toadstools)
FamilyTUBARIACEAE (a family of fungi)
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 Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Lanzoni, G., et al 1999 Specie interessanti dell'erbario Lanzoni Pars VII
Legg, A. 2001 Associations of Tubaria dispersa (=T. autochthona) in Britain Field Mycology Vol 2 (2): 43-44.

Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Literature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Tubaria dispersa (Hawthorn Twiglet):

A small pale toadstool with bright yellow gills that grows under Crataegus on mummified haws.

A small toadstool that grows on buried, mummified hawthoth (Crataegus) haws in late spring and early autumn. It is common in southern England but less widespread in the north. Previously known as Tubaria autochthona.

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