Spinellus fusiger (Link) Tiegh.
(Bonnet Mould)

Interactions where Spinellus fusiger 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
sporangium		sporangium parasitises fruitbody			Mycena	a genus of bonnet toadstools	Agaricales: Mycenaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Phycomycetaceae/Spinellus fusiger/	Spinellus fusiger	bonnet mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena/	Mycena	a genus of bonnet toadstools				fruitbody	Major
sporangium		sporangium parasitises fruitbody			Mycena alcalina s. lat.	a group of bonnets	Agaricales: Mycenaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Phycomycetaceae/Spinellus fusiger/	Spinellus fusiger	bonnet mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena alcalina s. lat./	Mycena alcalina s. lat.	a group of bonnets				fruitbody	Major
sporangium		sporangium parasitises fruitbody			Mycena metata	a bonnet	Agaricales: Mycenaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Phycomycetaceae/Spinellus fusiger/	Spinellus fusiger	bonnet mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena metata/	Mycena metata	a bonnet				fruitbody	Major
sporangium		sporangium parasitises fruitbody			Mycena polygramma	Grooved Bonnet	Agaricales: Mycenaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Phycomycetaceae/Spinellus fusiger/	Spinellus fusiger	bonnet mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena polygramma/	Mycena polygramma	grooved bonnet				fruitbody	Major
sporangium		sporangium parasitises fruitbody			Mycena pura	Lilac Bonnet	Agaricales: Mycenaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Phycomycetaceae/Spinellus fusiger/	Spinellus fusiger	bonnet mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena pura/	Mycena pura	lilac bonnet				fruitbody	Major
sporangium		sporangium parasitises fruitbody			Mycena sanguinolenta	Bleeding Bonnet	Agaricales: Mycenaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Phycomycetaceae/Spinellus fusiger/	Spinellus fusiger	bonnet mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena sanguinolenta/	Mycena sanguinolenta	bleeding bonnet				fruitbody	Major
sporangium		sporangium parasitises fruitbody			Gymnopus dryophilus	Russet Toughshank, Penny Top	Agaricales: Omphalotaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Phycomycetaceae/Spinellus fusiger/	Spinellus fusiger	bonnet mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus dryophilus/	Gymnopus dryophilus	russet toughshank, penny top				fruitbody
sporangium		sporangium parasitises fruitbody			Rhodocollybia butyracea	Butter Cap	Agaricales: Omphalotaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Phycomycetaceae/Spinellus fusiger/	Spinellus fusiger	bonnet mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Rhodocollybia butyracea/	Rhodocollybia butyracea	butter cap				fruitbody

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Spinellus fusiger (Bonnet Mould) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Spinellus fusiger (Bonnet Mould) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Spinellus fusiger (Bonnet Mould)
Genus	Spinellus (bonnet moulds)
Family	PHYCOMYCETACEAE (a family of pin moulds)
Order	MUCORALES (an order of pin moulds)
Class	ZYGOMYCETES (pin moulds)
Phylum	ZYGOMYCOTA (pin moulds)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Spinellus fusiger is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Zygomycota)
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 Spinellus fusiger (Bonnet Mould)

Spinellus fusiger (Bonnet Mould) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Spinellus
(bonnet moulds)

MUCORALES
(an order of pin moulds)

ZYGOMYCOTA
(pin moulds)

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 Spinellus fusiger (Bonnet Mould):

Spinellus
(bonnet moulds)

MUCORALES
(an order of pin moulds)

ZYGOMYCETES
(pin moulds)

ZYGOMYCOTA
(pin moulds)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 6 images of Spinellus fusiger (Bonnet Mould)

Creative Commons License

This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)