Hericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers.
(Coral Tooth)

Interactions where Hericium coralloides 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 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/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium coralloides/Hericium coralloidescoral toothfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeecheslivetrunk
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, standing trunk Major 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 coralloides/Hericium coralloidescoral toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdead, standingtrunkMajor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live trunk 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 coralloides/Hericium coralloidescoral toothfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusasheslivetrunk
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, standing trunk Major 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 coralloides/Hericium coralloidescoral toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusashesdead, standingtrunkMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on trunk Rare Ulmus glabra Wych Elm 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 coralloides/Hericium coralloidescoral toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/Ulmus glabrawych elmtrunkRare

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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

Hericium coralloides (Coral Tooth) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHericium coralloides (Coral Tooth)
GenusHericium (a genus of tooth fungi)
FamilyHERICIACEAE (a family of lignicolous tooth fungi)
OrderRUSSULALES (an order of toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hericium coralloides (Coral Tooth)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ainsworth, M. 2004 Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature
Dickson, G. & Leonard, A. 1996 Fungi of the New Forest - A Mycota 210pp, British Mycological Society

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
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.
Crockatt, M.E., Pierce, G.I., Camden, R.A., Newell, P.M. & Boddy, L. 2008 Homokaryons are more combative than heterokaryons of Hericium coralloides FungEcol Vol 01 (1): 40-48.

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

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 18 images of Hericium coralloides (Coral Tooth)

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