Tubaria furfuracea (Pers.) Gillet
(Scurfy Twiglet)

Interactions where Tubaria furfuracea 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 dead, fallen, decaying twig [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous 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/Tubariaceae/Tubaria furfuracea/Tubaria furfuraceascurfy twigletfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead, fallen, decayingtwig
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying stick [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous 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/Tubariaceae/Tubaria furfuracea/Tubaria furfuraceascurfy twigletfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead, fallen, decayingstick
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying woodchip [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous 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/Tubariaceae/Tubaria furfuracea/Tubaria furfuraceascurfy twigletfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead, fallen, decayingwoodchip

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

Tubaria furfuracea (Scurfy 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 furfuracea (Scurfy 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 furfuracea (Scurfy Twiglet)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Arnolds, E. 1982 (Tubaria account) Bibliotheca Mycologica in Arnolds, E., 1982. (Tubaria account). Bibliotheca Mycologica, Vol 90, 5pp, Ecology and coenology of macrofungi in grasslands and moist heathlands in Drenthe, the Netherlands: Part 2. Autoecology, Part 3. Taxonomy
Bon, M. & Trimbach, J. 1973 Tubaria hiemalis Romagnesi ex Bon et sa variete major n.v. Documents Mycologiques, Nouvelle série Fas 8: 5-11.
Lanzoni, G., et al 1999 Specie interessanti dell'erbario Lanzoni Pars VII

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tubaria furfuracea (Scurfy Twiglet):

A group of very similar species which grow on sawdust, wood chips, and other woody debris. The caps slightly scurfy and warm russet brown drying to pale ochraceous beige. The spores are pale brown and thin-walled.

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