Psathyrella merdicola Orstadius & E.Larss.
((A Brittlestem Toadstool))

Interactions where Psathyrella merdicola 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 in/on dung or excretions of moderately old dung Foreign Bos taurus Cattle, Domestic Cattle Artiodactyla: Bovidae Fourteen coprophilous species of Psathyrella identified in the Nordic countries using morphology and nuclear rDNA sequence data, Larsson, E. & Orstadius, L., 2008
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Psathyrella merdicola/Psathyrella merdicola(a brittlestem toadstool)fruitbody Animal / dung / saprobeForeign /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/Bos tauruscattle, domestic cattlemoderately olddung

Author & YearTitleSource
Larsson, E. & Orstadius, L., 2008Fourteen coprophilous species of Psathyrella identified in the Nordic countries using morphology and nuclear rDNA sequence dataMycol. Res. 112 (10): 1165-1185.

Psathyrella merdicola (A Brittlestem Toadstool) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Psathyrella merdicola (A Brittlestem Toadstool) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPsathyrella merdicola ((A Brittlestem Toadstool))
GenusPsathyrella (brittlestem toadstools)
FamilyPSATHYRELLACEAE (a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools)
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)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Larsson, E. & Orstadius, L. 2008 Fourteen coprophilous species of Psathyrella identified in the Nordic countries using morphology and nuclear rDNA sequence data Mycol. Res. 112 (10): 1165-1185.

Psathyrella merdicola (A Brittlestem Toadstool) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Psathyrella merdicola (A Brittlestem Toadstool):

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