Postia balsamea (Peck) Jülich
(a bracket fungus)

Interactions where Postia balsamea 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 wood Rare 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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/Alnusaldersdead, decayedwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Rare 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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchesdead, decayedwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Rare 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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdead, decayedwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Rare 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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaksdead, decayedwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Rare Crataegus hawthorns Rosales: Rosaceae 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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/Crataegushawthornsdead, decayedwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Rare 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
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/Ulmuselmsdead, decayedwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Rare 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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/Acer pseudoplatanussycamore, great mapledead, decayedwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Rare [Broadleaved trees and shrubs] broadleaved trees and shrubs 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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/Broadleaved trees and shrubsbroadleaved trees and shrubsdead, decayedwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major PINOPSIDA conifers 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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdead, decayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major Cryptomeria japonica Japanese Red-cedar Pinales: Cupressaceae 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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cryptomeria japonica/Cryptomeria japonicaJapanese red-cedardead, decayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major Cupressus a genus of cypresses Pinales: Cupressaceae 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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cupressus/Cupressusa genus of cypressesdead, decayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major Abies firs Pinales: Pinaceae 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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies/Abiesfirsdead, decayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major Cedrus cedars Pinales: Pinaceae 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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Cedrus/Cedruscedarsdead, decayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Minor Larix larches Pinales: Pinaceae 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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/Larixlarchesdead, decayedwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae 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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceasprucesdead, decayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae 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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesdead, decayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major Taxus baccata Yew Pinales: Taxaceae 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/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/Taxus baccatayewdead, decayedwoodMajor

Interactions where Postia balsamea is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
hymenium (live) live hymenium of basidiome is parasitised by internal basidiome UK/Ireland Tremella polyporina a brain fungus Tremellales: Tremellaceae British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina, Roberts, P., 2007
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella polyporina/Tremella polyporinaa brain fungusinternalbasidiome Fungus / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia balsamea/Postia balsameaa bracket funguslivehymeniumbasidiome internal basidiome parasitises live hymenium of basidiome

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
Roberts, P., 2007British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporinaField Mycology Vol 8 (4): 127-133.

Postia balsamea (a bracket fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Postia balsamea (a bracket fungus) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPostia balsamea (a bracket fungus)
GenusPostia (a genus of bracket fungi)
FamilyFOMITOPSIDACEAE (a family of bracket 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 Postia balsamea (a bracket fungus)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Stephenson, C.R. 2009 Thirty Years of Mycology - a pictorial journey Field Mycology Vol 10 (3): 90-93.
Wakefield, E.M. 1952 New or rare British hymenomycetes (Aphyllophorales) TBMS Vol 35 (1): 34-65.

Postia balsamea (a bracket fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Postia balsamea (a bracket fungus):

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