Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres.
(Beeswax Bracket)

Interactions where Ganoderma pfeifferi 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, white-rotted 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 Profiles of Fungi No. 69: Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres., Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W., 1995	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma pfeifferi/	Ganoderma pfeifferi	beeswax bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		live, white-rotted	stump		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises live, white-rotted trunk (esp. base)			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 Profiles of Fungi No. 69: Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres., Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W., 1995	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma pfeifferi/	Ganoderma pfeifferi	beeswax bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		live, white-rotted	trunk (esp. base)		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotted 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 Profiles of Fungi No. 69: Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres., Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W., 1995	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma pfeifferi/	Ganoderma pfeifferi	beeswax bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, white-rotted	stump		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotted trunk (esp. base)			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 Profiles of Fungi No. 69: Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres., Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W., 1995	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma pfeifferi/	Ganoderma pfeifferi	beeswax bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, white-rotted	trunk (esp. base)		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises live, white-rotted stump			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 Profiles of Fungi No. 69: Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres., Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W., 1995	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma pfeifferi/	Ganoderma pfeifferi	beeswax bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		live, white-rotted	stump		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises live, white-rotted trunk (esp. base)			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 Profiles of Fungi No. 69: Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres., Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W., 1995	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma pfeifferi/	Ganoderma pfeifferi	beeswax bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		live, white-rotted	trunk (esp. base)		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotted stump			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 Profiles of Fungi No. 69: Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres., Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W., 1995	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma pfeifferi/	Ganoderma pfeifferi	beeswax bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead, white-rotted	stump		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotted trunk (esp. base)			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 Profiles of Fungi No. 69: Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres., Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W., 1995	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma pfeifferi/	Ganoderma pfeifferi	beeswax bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead, white-rotted	trunk (esp. base)		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises live, white-rotted stump			Quercus coccinea	Scarlet Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Profiles of Fungi No. 69: Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres., Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W., 1995	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma pfeifferi/	Ganoderma pfeifferi	beeswax bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus coccinea/	Quercus coccinea	scarlet oak		live, white-rotted	stump		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises live, white-rotted trunk (esp. base)			Quercus coccinea	Scarlet Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Profiles of Fungi No. 69: Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres., Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W., 1995	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma pfeifferi/	Ganoderma pfeifferi	beeswax bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus coccinea/	Quercus coccinea	scarlet oak		live, white-rotted	trunk (esp. base)		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotted stump			Quercus coccinea	Scarlet Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Profiles of Fungi No. 69: Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres., Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W., 1995	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma pfeifferi/	Ganoderma pfeifferi	beeswax bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus coccinea/	Quercus coccinea	scarlet oak		dead, white-rotted	stump		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotted trunk (esp. base)			Quercus coccinea	Scarlet Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Profiles of Fungi No. 69: Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres., Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W., 1995	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma pfeifferi/	Ganoderma pfeifferi	beeswax bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus coccinea/	Quercus coccinea	scarlet oak		dead, white-rotted	trunk (esp. base)		Minor

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
Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W., 1995	Profiles of Fungi No. 69: Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres.	Mycologist Vol 09 (2): 61.

Ganoderma pfeifferi (Beeswax Bracket) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ganoderma pfeifferi (Beeswax Bracket) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ganoderma
(a genus of bracket fungi)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Ganoderma pfeifferi (Beeswax Bracket)
Genus	Ganoderma (a genus of bracket fungi)
Family	GANODERMATACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
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)

Ganoderma pfeifferi 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 Ganoderma pfeifferi (Beeswax Bracket)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ainsworth, M.	2004	Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs	Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature
	Mattock, G.	2001	Notes on British Ganoderma species - emphasising the annual species and G. carnosum	Field Mycology Vol 2 (2): 60-64.
	Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W.	1995	Profiles of Fungi No. 69: Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres.	Mycologist Vol 09 (2): 61.

Ganoderma pfeifferi (Beeswax Bracket) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Ganoderma
(a genus of bracket fungi)

GANODERMATACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

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))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ganoderma pfeifferi (Beeswax Bracket):

Ganoderma
(a genus of bracket fungi)

GANODERMATACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

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))

BioImages

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