Hericium erinaceus (Bull.) Pers.
(Bearded Tooth)

Interactions where Hericium erinaceus 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 Minor Carpinus betulus Hornbeam 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 erinaceus/Hericium erinaceusbearded toothfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Carpinus betulus/Carpinus betulushornbeamlivetrunkMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, standing trunk Minor Carpinus betulus Hornbeam 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 erinaceus/Hericium erinaceusbearded toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Carpinus betulus/Carpinus betulushornbeamdead, standingtrunkMinor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live 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 erinaceus/Hericium erinaceusbearded toothfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/FagusbeecheslivetrunkMajor
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 erinaceus/Hericium erinaceusbearded toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdead, standingtrunkMajor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live trunk Minor 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
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium erinaceus/Hericium erinaceusbearded toothfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/QuercusoakslivetrunkMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, standing trunk Minor 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
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium erinaceus/Hericium erinaceusbearded toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaksdead, standingtrunkMinor
fruitbody fruitbody feeds on trunk FraxinusQuestionable 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 erinaceus/Hericium erinaceusbearded toothfruitbody Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusashes?trunk
fruitbody fruitbody feeds on trunk PopulusQuestionable poplars Malpighiales: Salicaceae 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 erinaceus/Hericium erinaceusbearded toothfruitbody Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/Populuspoplars?trunk
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live trunk [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 erinaceus/Hericium erinaceusbearded toothfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treeslivetrunk
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, standing trunk [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 erinaceus/Hericium erinaceusbearded toothfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead, standingtrunk

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 erinaceus (Bearded Tooth) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHericium erinaceus (Bearded 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 erinaceus (Bearded 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
Pegler, D.N. 2003 Useful Fungi of the World: the Monkey Head Fungus Mycologist Vol 17 (3): 120-121.

Hericium erinaceus (Bearded 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.

Conservation

Evans, S. 2003 Conservation Corner (April 2000) Field Mycology Vol 1 (2): 56-57.

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

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 11 images of Hericium erinaceus (Bearded Tooth)

Vulnerable

Annex

Tranche 2, Feb 1999

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