Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Trog) Sacc.
(Orange Shield Cap, Flame Shield)

Interactions where Pluteus aurantiorugosus 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, decayed stump			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/Pluteaceae/Pluteus aurantiorugosus/	Pluteus aurantiorugosus	orange shield cap, flame shield				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, decayed	stump		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk			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/Pluteaceae/Pluteus aurantiorugosus/	Pluteus aurantiorugosus	orange shield cap, flame shield				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, fallen, decayed	trunk		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stump			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/Pluteaceae/Pluteus aurantiorugosus/	Pluteus aurantiorugosus	orange shield cap, flame shield				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead, decayed	stump		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk			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/Pluteaceae/Pluteus aurantiorugosus/	Pluteus aurantiorugosus	orange shield cap, flame shield				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead, fallen, decayed	trunk		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stump			Populus	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/Agaricales/Pluteaceae/Pluteus aurantiorugosus/	Pluteus aurantiorugosus	orange shield cap, flame shield				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars		dead, decayed	stump		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk			Populus	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/Agaricales/Pluteaceae/Pluteus aurantiorugosus/	Pluteus aurantiorugosus	orange shield cap, flame shield				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars		dead, fallen, decayed	trunk		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stump			Ulmus	elms	Rosales: Ulmaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Profiles of Fungi No. 116: Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Trog.) Sacc., Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., 2000	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Pluteaceae/Pluteus aurantiorugosus/	Pluteus aurantiorugosus	orange shield cap, flame shield				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		dead, decayed	stump		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk			Ulmus	elms	Rosales: Ulmaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Profiles of Fungi No. 116: Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Trog.) Sacc., Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., 2000	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Pluteaceae/Pluteus aurantiorugosus/	Pluteus aurantiorugosus	orange shield cap, flame shield				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		dead, fallen, decayed	trunk		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stump			[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 Profiles of Fungi No. 116: Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Trog.) Sacc., Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., 2000	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Pluteaceae/Pluteus aurantiorugosus/	Pluteus aurantiorugosus	orange shield cap, flame shield				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, decayed	stump
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed 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 Profiles of Fungi No. 116: Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Trog.) Sacc., Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., 2000	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Pluteaceae/Pluteus aurantiorugosus/	Pluteus aurantiorugosus	orange shield cap, flame shield				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, fallen, decayed	trunk

Author & Year	Title	Source
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., 2000	Profiles of Fungi No. 116: Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Trog.) Sacc.	Mycologist Vol 14 (3): 132-133.

Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Orange Shield Cap, Flame Shield) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Orange Shield Cap, Flame Shield) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pluteus
(shield toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Orange Shield Cap, Flame Shield)
Genus	Pluteus (shield toadstools)
Family	PLUTEACEAE (a family of toadstools)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Pluteus aurantiorugosus is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Orange Shield Cap, Flame Shield)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Evans, S.	2003	Conservation Corner (July, 2003)	Field Mycology Vol 4 (3): 104-106.
	Henrici, A.	2004	Notes and Records (April 2004)	Field Mycology Vol 5 (2): 64-66.
	Pearson, A.A.	1952	New Records and Observations V.	TBMS Vol 35 (2): 97-122, IN1-2.
	Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W.	2000	Profiles of Fungi No. 116: Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Trog.) Sacc.	Mycologist Vol 14 (3): 132-133.

Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Orange Shield Cap, Flame Shield) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Pluteus
(shield toadstools)

PLUTEACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Orange Shield Cap, Flame Shield):

Pluteus
(shield toadstools)

PLUTEACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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