Gymnopus foetidus (Sowerby) P.M. Kirk
(Foetid Parachute)

Interactions where Gymnopus foetidus 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 is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small)			Buxus sempervirens	Box	Buxales: Buxaceae	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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Buxales/Buxaceae/Buxus sempervirens/	Buxus sempervirens	box		dead, fallen, decayed	branch (small)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick			Buxus sempervirens	Box	Buxales: Buxaceae	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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Buxales/Buxaceae/Buxus sempervirens/	Buxus sempervirens	box		dead, fallen, decayed	stick
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small)			Corylus	hazels	Fagales: Betulaceae	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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus/	Corylus	hazels		dead, fallen, decayed	branch (small)		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick			Corylus	hazels	Fagales: Betulaceae	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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus/	Corylus	hazels		dead, fallen, decayed	stick		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small)			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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, fallen, decayed	branch (small)		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick			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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, fallen, decayed	stick		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small)			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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead, fallen, decayed	branch (small)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick			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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead, fallen, decayed	stick
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small)			Crataegus monogyna	Hawthorn	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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus monogyna/	Crataegus monogyna	hawthorn		dead, fallen, decayed	branch (small)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick			Crataegus monogyna	Hawthorn	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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus monogyna/	Crataegus monogyna	hawthorn		dead, fallen, decayed	stick
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small)			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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/	Acer pseudoplatanus	sycamore, great maple		dead, fallen, decayed	branch (small)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick			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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/	Acer pseudoplatanus	sycamore, great maple		dead, fallen, decayed	stick
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small)			[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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, fallen, decayed	branch (small)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed 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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, fallen, decayed	stick
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small)			PINOPSIDA	conifers		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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead, fallen, decayed	branch (small)		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick			PINOPSIDA	conifers		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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead, fallen, decayed	stick		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (small)			Taxus baccata	Yew	Pinales: Taxaceae	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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew		dead, fallen, decayed	branch (small)		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick			Taxus baccata	Yew	Pinales: Taxaceae	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/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus foetidus/	Gymnopus foetidus	foetid parachute				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew		dead, fallen, decayed	stick		Rare

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

Gymnopus foetidus (Foetid Parachute) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Gymnopus foetidus (Foetid Parachute) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Gymnopus foetidus (Foetid Parachute)
Genus	Gymnopus (a genus of toughshank toadstools)
Family	OMPHALOTACEAE (a family of toadstools)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and 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)

Gymnopus foetidus is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
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 Gymnopus foetidus (Foetid Parachute)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Lanzoni, G., et al	1999	Specie interessanti dell’erbario Lanzoni	Fungi Non Delineati Pars VII.

Gymnopus foetidus (Foetid Parachute) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Gymnopus
(a genus of toughshank toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and 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 Gymnopus foetidus (Foetid Parachute):

Gymnopus
(a genus of toughshank toadstools)

OMPHALOTACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and 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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