Panellus stipticus (Bull.) P. Karst.
(Bitter Oysterling, "Sticky Fingers")

Interactions where Panellus stipticus 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 wood Sambucus nigra Elder Dipsacales: Adoxaceae 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Adoxaceae/Sambucus nigra/Sambucus nigraelderdeadwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (wounded) Sambucus nigra Elder Dipsacales: Adoxaceae 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Adoxaceae/Sambucus nigra/Sambucus nigraelderlivetrunk (wounded)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood Alnus alders 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/Alnusaldersdeadwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (wounded) Alnus alders 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/Alnusalderslivetrunk (wounded)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchesdeadwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (wounded) 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabircheslivetrunk (wounded)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdeadwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (wounded) 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeecheslivetrunk (wounded)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaksdeadwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (wounded) 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoakslivetrunk (wounded)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusashesdeadwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (wounded) 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusasheslivetrunk (wounded)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood Acer palmatum Smooth Japanese-maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer palmatum/Acer palmatumsmooth Japanese-mapledeadwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (wounded) Acer palmatum Smooth Japanese-maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer palmatum/Acer palmatumsmooth Japanese-maplelivetrunk (wounded)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore, Great Maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/Acer pseudoplatanussycamore, great mapledeadwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (wounded) Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore, Great Maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/Acer pseudoplatanussycamore, great maplelivetrunk (wounded)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdeadwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (wounded) [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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Panellus stipticus/Panellus stipticusbitter oysterling, "sticky fingers"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treeslivetrunk (wounded)

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

Panellus stipticus (Bitter Oysterling, "Sticky Fingers") may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Panellus stipticus (Bitter Oysterling, "Sticky Fingers") may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPanellus stipticus (Bitter Oysterling, "Sticky Fingers")
GenusPanellus (a genus of oysterling toadstools)
FamilyMYCENACEAE (bonnet toadstools and their allies)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and 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 Panellus stipticus (Bitter Oysterling, "Sticky Fingers")

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Legg, A. 2000 Panellus stipticus in Great Britain and Ireland Field Mycology Vol 1 (3): 89-93.

Panellus stipticus (Bitter Oysterling, "Sticky Fingers") may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Weitz, H.J. 2004 Naturally bioluminescent fungi Mycologist Vol 18 (1): 4-5.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Panellus stipticus (Bitter Oysterling, "Sticky Fingers"):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 47 images of Panellus stipticus (Bitter Oysterling, "Sticky Fingers")
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