Vanderbylia fraxinea (Bull.) D.A. Reid
(a bracket fungus)

Interactions where Vanderbylia fraxinea 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
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live trunk (base) Minor Robinia pseudoacacia False Acacia, False-acacia, Locust Tree Fabales: Fabaceae 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Robinia pseudoacacia/Robinia pseudoacaciafalse acacia, false-acacia, locust treelivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (base) Minor Robinia pseudoacacia False Acacia, False-acacia, Locust Tree Fabales: Fabaceae 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Robinia pseudoacacia/Robinia pseudoacaciafalse acacia, false-acacia, locust treelivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live trunk (base) Minor Sophora japonica Pagoda Tree Fabales: Fabaceae 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Sophora japonica/Sophora japonicapagoda treelivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (base) Minor Sophora japonica Pagoda Tree Fabales: Fabaceae 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Sophora japonica/Sophora japonicapagoda treelivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live trunk (base) Minor 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeecheslivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (base) Minor 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeecheslivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live trunk (base) Minor Quercus oaks 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoakslivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (base) Minor Quercus oaks 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoakslivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live trunk (base) Minor Juglans regia Walnut Fagales: Juglandaceae 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Juglandaceae/Juglans regia/Juglans regiawalnutlivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (base) Minor Juglans regia Walnut Fagales: Juglandaceae 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Juglandaceae/Juglans regia/Juglans regiawalnutlivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live trunk (base) Major 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusasheslivetrunk (base)Major
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (base) Major 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusasheslivetrunk (base)Major
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live trunk (base) Minor Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens grey poplar 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplarlivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (base) Minor Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens grey poplar 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplarlivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live trunk (base) Minor Salix willows 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowslivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (base) Minor Salix willows 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowslivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live trunk (base) Minor Tilia limes Malvales: Malvaceae 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Tilia/Tilialimeslivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (base) Minor Tilia limes Malvales: Malvaceae 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Tilia/Tilialimeslivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live trunk (base) Minor Platanus plane trees Proteales: Platanaceae 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Proteales/Platanaceae/Platanus/Platanusplane treeslivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (base) Minor Platanus plane trees Proteales: Platanaceae 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Proteales/Platanaceae/Platanus/Platanusplane treeslivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live trunk (base) Minor Sorbus whitebeams 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus/Sorbuswhitebeamslivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (base) Minor Sorbus whitebeams 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus/Sorbuswhitebeamslivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live trunk (base) Minor 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/Ulmuselmslivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (base) Minor 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/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/Ulmuselmslivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live trunk (base) Minor [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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treeslivetrunk (base)Minor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (base) Minor [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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treeslivetrunk (base)Minor

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

Vanderbylia fraxinea (a bracket fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Vanderbylia fraxinea (a bracket fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVanderbylia fraxinea (a bracket fungus)
FamilyPOLYPORACEAE (a family of polypores)
OrderPOLYPORALES (polypores)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Vanderbylia fraxinea (a bracket fungus)

Vanderbylia fraxinea (a bracket fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Vanderbylia fraxinea (a bracket fungus):

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