Sarcodon squamosus (Schaeff.) Quél.
(Scaly Tooth)

Interactions where Sarcodon squamosus 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 ectomycorrhizal with live root Questionable 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/Thelephorales/Bankeraceae/Sarcodon squamosus/Sarcodon squamosusscaly toothfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pineliveroot

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

Sarcodon squamosus (Scaly Tooth) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sarcodon squamosus (Scaly Tooth) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSarcodon squamosus (Scaly Tooth)
GenusSarcodon (a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)
FamilyBANKERACEAE (a family of stipitate tooth fungi)
OrderTHELEPHORALES (an order of basidiomycete fungi)
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 Sarcodon squamosus (Scaly Tooth)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Evans, S., Marren, P. & Harper, M. Important Fungus Areas - a provisional assessment of the best sites for fungi in the United Kingdom 15pp, Plantlife International
Greenaway, C. 2004 Sarcodon squamosus Vol 5 (4) Page: Back cover
Gurney, M. 2007 Tooth Fungi at Abernethy RSPB Reserve in 2006 Field Mycology Vol 8 (3): 89-96, rear cover.
Schafer, D. 2000 Dyeing to resurrect an old species? Field Mycology Vol 1 (2): 42-43.
Termorshuizen, A.J. & Veerkamp, M.T. 2012 Fungi in spontaneous stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in drift sands Field Mycology Vol 13 (4): 118-123.

Sarcodon squamosus (Scaly Tooth) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sarcodon squamosus (Scaly Tooth):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 6 images of Sarcodon squamosus (Scaly Tooth)

Vulnerable

Annex

A stipitate hydnoid found under Pine (Pinus). The mycelium probably forms an ectomycorrhiza with the roots.

Tranche 2, Feb 1999 (as Sarcodon imbricatus)

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