Hericium cirrhatum (Pers.) Nikol.
(Tiered Tooth)

Interactions where Hericium cirrhatum 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 fallen, decayed wood			Betula	birches	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/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium cirrhatum/	Hericium cirrhatum	tiered tooth				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		fallen, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, decayed wood			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/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium cirrhatum/	Hericium cirrhatum	tiered tooth				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		fallen, decayed	wood		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, decayed wood			Quercus robur	Pedunculate 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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium cirrhatum/	Hericium cirrhatum	tiered tooth				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus robur/	Quercus robur	pedunculate oak		fallen, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, decayed wood			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/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium cirrhatum/	Hericium cirrhatum	tiered tooth				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		fallen, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, decayed wood			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/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium cirrhatum/	Hericium cirrhatum	tiered tooth				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		fallen, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, decayed wood			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/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium cirrhatum/	Hericium cirrhatum	tiered tooth				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/	Acer pseudoplatanus	sycamore, great maple		fallen, decayed	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, decayed 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/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium cirrhatum/	Hericium cirrhatum	tiered tooth				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		fallen, decayed	wood

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

Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth) 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	Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth)
Genus	Hericium (a genus of tooth fungi)
Family	HERICIACEAE (a family of lignicolous tooth 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)

Hericium cirrhatum 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 Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth)

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
	Kibby, G.	2012	Readers’ Finds	Field Mycology Vol 13 (2): 63-66.
	Pearson, A.A.	1946	New Records and Observations. III	TBMS Vol 29 (4): 191-210, IN1-5.

Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Hericium
(a genus of tooth fungi)

HERICIACEAE
(a family of lignicolous tooth 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))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Boddy, L. & Wald, P.	2002	Creolophus (=Hericium) cirrhatus, Hericium erinaceus and H. coralloides in England	Research Reports, Report no 492, 58pp, English Nature
Boddy, L., Wald, P.M., Parfitt, D. & Rogers, H.J.	2004	Preliminary ecological investigation of four wood-inhabiting fungi of conservation concern - oak polypore Piptoporus quercinus (=Buglossoporus pulvinus) and the tooth fungi Hericium/Creolophus spp	Research Reports EN Report no 616.
Parfitt, D., Hynes, J., Rogers, H.J. & Boddy, L.	2005	Rare tooth fungi detected by PCR	Mycol. Res. Vol 109 (11): 1187-1194.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth):

Hericium
(a genus of tooth fungi)

HERICIACEAE
(a family of lignicolous tooth 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))

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 12 images of Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth)

Vulnerable

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