Mycoacia nothofagi (G. Cunn.) Ryvarden
(Fragrant Toothcrust)

Interactions where Mycoacia nothofagi 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 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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Mycoacia nothofagi/Mycoacia nothofagifragrant toothcrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchesdead, fallen, decayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) 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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Mycoacia nothofagi/Mycoacia nothofagifragrant toothcrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchesdead, fallen, decayedtrunk (large)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed wood 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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Mycoacia nothofagi/Mycoacia nothofagifragrant toothcrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Carpinus betulus/Carpinus betulushornbeamdead, fallen, decayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) 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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Mycoacia nothofagi/Mycoacia nothofagifragrant toothcrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Carpinus betulus/Carpinus betulushornbeamdead, fallen, decayedtrunk (large)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, 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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Mycoacia nothofagi/Mycoacia nothofagifragrant toothcrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdead, fallen, decayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) 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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Mycoacia nothofagi/Mycoacia nothofagifragrant toothcrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdead, fallen, decayedtrunk (large)Major
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, 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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Mycoacia nothofagi/Mycoacia nothofagifragrant toothcrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead, fallen, decayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) [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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Mycoacia nothofagi/Mycoacia nothofagifragrant toothcrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead, fallen, decayedtrunk (large)

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

Mycoacia nothofagi (Fragrant Toothcrust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mycoacia nothofagi (Fragrant Toothcrust) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMycoacia nothofagi (Fragrant Toothcrust)
GenusMycoacia (a genus of resupinate tooth fungi)
FamilyMERULIACEAE (rosette fungi)
OrderPOLYPORALES (polypores)
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 Mycoacia nothofagi (Fragrant Toothcrust)

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
Ainsworth, M. 2004 Mycoacia nothofagi and Aurantioporus alborubescens Vol 15, No. 6 Page: 442
Henrici, A. 2002 Fungal Portraits, No. 10: Mycoacia nothofagi Field Mycology Vol 3 (2): 39-41,46.

Mycoacia nothofagi (Fragrant Toothcrust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Henrici, A. 2003 Notes and Records (Jan 2003) Field Mycology Vol 4 (1): 29-30.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Mycoacia nothofagi (Fragrant Toothcrust):

Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)