Rugosomyces obscurissimus (A. Pearson) Bon
(Obscure Domecap)

Interactions where Rugosomyces obscurissimus 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 associated with			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/Agaricales/Lyophyllaceae/Rugosomyces obscurissimus/	Rugosomyces obscurissimus	obscure domecap				fruitbody	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			Carpinus betulus	Hornbeam	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/Agaricales/Lyophyllaceae/Rugosomyces obscurissimus/	Rugosomyces obscurissimus	obscure domecap				fruitbody	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Carpinus betulus/	Carpinus betulus	hornbeam
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			Corylus	hazels	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/Agaricales/Lyophyllaceae/Rugosomyces obscurissimus/	Rugosomyces obscurissimus	obscure domecap				fruitbody	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus/	Corylus	hazels
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			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/Lyophyllaceae/Rugosomyces obscurissimus/	Rugosomyces obscurissimus	obscure domecap				fruitbody	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			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/Lyophyllaceae/Rugosomyces obscurissimus/	Rugosomyces obscurissimus	obscure domecap				fruitbody	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			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/Lyophyllaceae/Rugosomyces obscurissimus/	Rugosomyces obscurissimus	obscure domecap				fruitbody	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			[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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Lyophyllaceae/Rugosomyces obscurissimus/	Rugosomyces obscurissimus	obscure domecap				fruitbody	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			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/Agaricales/Lyophyllaceae/Rugosomyces obscurissimus/	Rugosomyces obscurissimus	obscure domecap				fruitbody	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			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/Agaricales/Lyophyllaceae/Rugosomyces obscurissimus/	Rugosomyces obscurissimus	obscure domecap				fruitbody	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cupressus/	Cupressus	a genus of cypresses					Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			Sequoia sempervirens	Coastal Redwood	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/Agaricales/Lyophyllaceae/Rugosomyces obscurissimus/	Rugosomyces obscurissimus	obscure domecap				fruitbody	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Sequoia sempervirens/	Sequoia sempervirens	coastal redwood					Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			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/Agaricales/Lyophyllaceae/Rugosomyces obscurissimus/	Rugosomyces obscurissimus	obscure domecap				fruitbody	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/	Larix	larches					Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			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/Agaricales/Lyophyllaceae/Rugosomyces obscurissimus/	Rugosomyces obscurissimus	obscure domecap				fruitbody	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines					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

Rugosomyces obscurissimus (Obscure Domecap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Rugosomyces obscurissimus (Obscure Domecap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Rugosomyces obscurissimus (Obscure Domecap)
Genus	Rugosomyces (a genus of toadstools)
Family	LYOPHYLLACEAE (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)

Rugosomyces obscurissimus 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 Rugosomyces obscurissimus (Obscure Domecap)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.	2014	Readers’ Finds	Field Mycology Vol 15 (1): 26-28.
	Anon.	2009	Readers Finds	Field Mycology Vol 10 (2): 57.
	Pearson, A.A.	1946	New Records and Observations. III	TBMS Vol 29 (4): 191-210, IN1-5.

Rugosomyces obscurissimus (Obscure Domecap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

LYOPHYLLACEAE
(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 Rugosomyces obscurissimus (Obscure Domecap):

LYOPHYLLACEAE
(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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