Cerrena unicolor (Bull.) Murrill
(a bracket fungus)

Interactions where Cerrena unicolor 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
conidium		conidium is spread by mycangial pouches of female			Tremex columba	Trembling Woodwasp	Hymenoptera: Siricidae	Fungi, Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Cerrena unicolor/	Cerrena unicolor	a bracket fungus				conidium	Animal / vector		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Siricidae/Tremex columba/	Tremex columba	trembling woodwasp			mycangial pouches	female
basidiome		basidiome is saprobic on dead, old stump			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/Cerrena unicolor/	Cerrena unicolor	a bracket fungus				basidiome	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, old	stump		Major
basidiome		basidiome is saprobic on fallen, dead trunk			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/Cerrena unicolor/	Cerrena unicolor	a bracket fungus				basidiome	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		fallen, dead	trunk		Major
basidiome		basidiome is saprobic on dead, old stump			Acer campestre	Field 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/Cerrena unicolor/	Cerrena unicolor	a bracket fungus				basidiome	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer campestre/	Acer campestre	field maple		dead, old	stump		Major
basidiome		basidiome is saprobic on deadfallen, dead trunk			Acer campestre	Field 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/Cerrena unicolor/	Cerrena unicolor	a bracket fungus				basidiome	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer campestre/	Acer campestre	field maple		deadfallen, dead	trunk		Major
basidiome		basidiome is saprobic on dead, old stump			Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore, Great 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/Cerrena unicolor/	Cerrena unicolor	a bracket fungus				basidiome	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/	Acer pseudoplatanus	sycamore, great maple		dead, old	stump		Major
basidiome		basidiome is saprobic on fallen, dead trunk			Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore, Great 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/Cerrena unicolor/	Cerrena unicolor	a bracket fungus				basidiome	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/	Acer pseudoplatanus	sycamore, great maple		fallen, dead	trunk		Major
basidiome		basidiome is saprobic on dead wood			[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/Cerrena unicolor/	Cerrena unicolor	a bracket fungus				basidiome	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead	wood

Interactions where Cerrena unicolor is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		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	Summary
(wood rot)		wood rot imperfect state is food source of larva			Tremex columba	Trembling Woodwasp	Hymenoptera: Siricidae	Fungi, Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Siricidae/Tremex columba/	Tremex columba	trembling woodwasp				larva	Fungus / feeder		Foreign	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Cerrena unicolor/	Cerrena unicolor	a bracket fungus		wood rot		imperfect state				larva feeds on wood rot imperfect state

Author & Year	Title	Source
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
Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005	Fungi	New Naturalist, 96, 594pp, HarperCollins

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

POLYPORACEAE
(a family of polypores)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cerrena unicolor (a bracket fungus)
Family	POLYPORACEAE (a family of polypores)
Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
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)

Cerrena unicolor is also a member of:
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 Cerrena unicolor (a bracket fungus)

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

POLYPORACEAE
(a family of polypores)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Pazoutova, S. & Srutka, P.	2007	Symbiotic relationship between Cerrena unicolor and the horntail Tremex fuscicornis recorded in the Czech Republic	Czech Mycology vol 59(1): 83-90.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Cerrena unicolor (a bracket fungus):

POLYPORACEAE
(a family of polypores)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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