Postia caesia (Schrad.) P. Karst.
(Conifer Blueing Bracket)

Interactions where Postia caesia 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 Restricted 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 caesia/Postia caesiaconifer blueing bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/PinopsidaconifersdeadwoodSole
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on wood (worked) Restricted 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 caesia/Postia caesiaconifer blueing bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconiferswood (worked)Sole
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead 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 caesia/Postia caesiaconifer blueing bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/LarixlarchesdeadwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood Minor 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 caesia/Postia caesiaconifer blueing bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/PiceasprucesdeadwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead 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 caesia/Postia caesiaconifer blueing bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/PinuspinesdeadwoodMajor

Interactions where Postia caesia 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 caesia/Postia caesiaconifer blueing bracketlivehymeniumbasidiome 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 caesia (Conifer Blueing Bracket) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Postia caesia (Conifer Blueing Bracket) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPostia caesia (Conifer Blueing Bracket)
Species aggregatePostia caesia agg. (a group of bracket fungi)
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 caesia (Conifer Blueing Bracket)

Postia caesia (Conifer Blueing Bracket) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Postia caesia (Conifer Blueing Bracket):

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