Octaviania asterosperma Vittad.
(Chalky False Truffle)

Interactions where Octaviania asterosperma 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 (epigeous or shallowly hypogeous) epigeous or shallowly hypogeous fruitbody is associated with 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/Boletales/Boletaceae/Octaviania asterosperma/Octaviania asterospermachalky false truffleepigeous or shallowly hypogeousfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeeches

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

Octaviania asterosperma (Chalky False Truffle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Octaviania asterosperma (Chalky False Truffle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOctaviania asterosperma (Chalky False Truffle)
FamilyBOLETACEAE (sponge cap toadstools)
OrderBOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
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 Octaviania asterosperma (Chalky False Truffle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Hobart, C. 2009 Three rarely recorded truffle species - or news from the underground Field Mycology Vol 10 (1): 5-8.

Octaviania asterosperma (Chalky False Truffle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Octaviania asterosperma (Chalky False Truffle):

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