Otidea bufonia (Pers.) Boud.
(Toad’s Ear)

Interactions where Otidea bufonia 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 ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/IrelandQuestionable Helianthemum nummularium Common Rockrose Malvales: Cistaceae Notes and Records (Nov 2010), Henrici, A., 2010
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Otidea bufonia/Otidea bufoniatoad's earfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cistaceae/Helianthemum nummularium/Helianthemum nummulariumcommon rockroseliveroot

Author & YearTitleSource
Henrici, A., 2010Notes and Records (Nov 2010)Field Mycology Vol 11 (4): 141-143.

Otidea bufonia (Toad’s Ear) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Otidea bufonia (Toad’s Ear) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOtidea bufonia (Toad’s Ear)
GenusOtidea (ear fungi)
FamilyPYRONEMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Otidea bufonia (Toad’s Ear)

Otidea bufonia (Toad’s Ear) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Otidea bufonia (Toad’s Ear):

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