Amylostereum laevigatum (Fr.) Boidin
(Yew Duster)

Interactions where Amylostereum laevigatum 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 (resupinate)		resupinate fruitbody grows on bark of old living tree			Cupressus macrocarpa	Monterey Cypress	Pinales: Cupressaceae	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/Russulales/Amylostereaceae/Amylostereum laevigatum/	Amylostereum laevigatum	yew duster		resupinate		fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cupressus macrocarpa/	Cupressus macrocarpa	Monterey cypress			bark	old living tree
fruitbody (resupinate)		resupinate fruitbody grows on dead bark			Cupressus macrocarpa	Monterey Cypress	Pinales: Cupressaceae	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/Russulales/Amylostereaceae/Amylostereum laevigatum/	Amylostereum laevigatum	yew duster		resupinate		fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cupressus macrocarpa/	Cupressus macrocarpa	Monterey cypress		dead	bark
fruitbody (resupinate)		resupinate fruitbody grows on dead, fallen branch			Juniperus communis	Common Juniper	Pinales: Cupressaceae	The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 2 Aleurodiscus - Confertobasidium, Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L., 1973 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/Russulales/Amylostereaceae/Amylostereum laevigatum/	Amylostereum laevigatum	yew duster		resupinate		fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Juniperus communis/	Juniperus communis	common juniper		dead, fallen	branch
fruitbody (resupinate)		resupinate fruitbody grows on bark of old living tree			Thuja	red cedars	Pinales: Cupressaceae	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/Russulales/Amylostereaceae/Amylostereum laevigatum/	Amylostereum laevigatum	yew duster		resupinate		fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja/	Thuja	red cedars			bark	old living tree
fruitbody (resupinate)		resupinate fruitbody grows on dead bark			Thuja	red cedars	Pinales: Cupressaceae	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/Russulales/Amylostereaceae/Amylostereum laevigatum/	Amylostereum laevigatum	yew duster		resupinate		fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja/	Thuja	red cedars		dead	bark
fruitbody (resupinate)		resupinate fruitbody grows on			Thuja occidentalis	American Arbor-vitae, Northern White-cedar	Pinales: Cupressaceae	The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 2 Aleurodiscus - Confertobasidium, Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L., 1973	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Amylostereaceae/Amylostereum laevigatum/	Amylostereum laevigatum	yew duster		resupinate		fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja occidentalis/	Thuja occidentalis	american arbor-vitae, northern white-cedar					Minor
fruitbody (resupinate)		resupinate fruitbody grows on bark of old living tree			Picea	spruces	Pinales: Pinaceae	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/Russulales/Amylostereaceae/Amylostereum laevigatum/	Amylostereum laevigatum	yew duster		resupinate		fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces			bark	old living tree
fruitbody (resupinate)		resupinate fruitbody grows on dead bark			Picea	spruces	Pinales: Pinaceae	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/Russulales/Amylostereaceae/Amylostereum laevigatum/	Amylostereum laevigatum	yew duster		resupinate		fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces		dead	bark
fruitbody (resupinate)		resupinate fruitbody grows on bark of old living tree			Taxus baccata	Yew	Pinales: Taxaceae	The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 2 Aleurodiscus - Confertobasidium, Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L., 1973 Profiles of Fungi No. 81: Amylostereum chailletii (Pers:Fr.) Boidin, Legon, N. & Pegler, D.N., 1996 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/Russulales/Amylostereaceae/Amylostereum laevigatum/	Amylostereum laevigatum	yew duster		resupinate		fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew			bark	old living tree	Major
fruitbody (resupinate)		resupinate fruitbody grows on dead bark			Taxus baccata	Yew	Pinales: Taxaceae	The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 2 Aleurodiscus - Confertobasidium, Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L., 1973 Profiles of Fungi No. 81: Amylostereum chailletii (Pers:Fr.) Boidin, Legon, N. & Pegler, D.N., 1996 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/Russulales/Amylostereaceae/Amylostereum laevigatum/	Amylostereum laevigatum	yew duster		resupinate		fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew		dead	bark		Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L., 1973	The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 2 Aleurodiscus - Confertobasidium	Corticiaceae of Northern Europe, The, 2, Fungiflora
Legon, N. & Pegler, D.N., 1996	Profiles of Fungi No. 81: Amylostereum chailletii (Pers:Fr.) Boidin	Mycologist Vol 10 (4): 180-181.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Amylostereum laevigatum (Yew Duster) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Amylostereum laevigatum (Yew Duster) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Amylostereum laevigatum (Yew Duster)
Genus	Amylostereum (a genus of resupinate fungi)
Family	AMYLOSTEREACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	RUSSULALES (an order of toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Amylostereum laevigatum is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Russulales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Amylostereum laevigatum (Yew Duster)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Legon, N.W.	2005	Profiles of Fungi No. 138: Amylostereum laevigatum	Mycologist Vol 19 (3): 128.

Amylostereum laevigatum (Yew Duster) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Amylostereum
(a genus of resupinate fungi)

RUSSULALES
(an order of toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Amylostereum laevigatum (Yew Duster):

Amylostereum
(a genus of resupinate fungi)

RUSSULALES
(an order of toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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