Postia rennyi (Berk. & Broome) Rajchenb.
(a bracket fungus)

Interactions where Postia rennyi 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 (very) wood			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 rennyi/	Postia rennyi	a bracket fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead, decayed (very)	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood (worked)			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 rennyi/	Postia rennyi	a bracket fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		decayed	wood (worked)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed (very) wood			Sequoiadendron giganteum	Wellingtonia	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 rennyi/	Postia rennyi	a bracket fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Sequoiadendron giganteum/	Sequoiadendron giganteum	wellingtonia		dead, decayed (very)	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed (very) wood			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 rennyi/	Postia rennyi	a bracket fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces		dead, decayed (very)	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed (very) log (large)			Pinus sylvestris	Scots Pine	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 rennyi/	Postia rennyi	a bracket fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/	Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine		dead, decayed (very)	log (large)		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed (very) trunk (large)			Pinus sylvestris	Scots Pine	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 rennyi/	Postia rennyi	a bracket fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/	Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine		dead, fallen, decayed (very)	trunk (large)		Major

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

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Postia
(a genus of bracket fungi)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Postia rennyi (a bracket fungus)
Genus	Postia (a genus of bracket fungi)
Family	FOMITOPSIDACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
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)

Postia rennyi is also a member of:
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 Postia rennyi (a bracket fungus)

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

Postia
(a genus of bracket fungi)

FOMITOPSIDACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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

Postia
(a genus of bracket fungi)

FOMITOPSIDACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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