Trichaptum abietinum (Pers.) Ryvarden
(Purplepore Bracket)

Interactions where Trichaptum abietinum 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 Rare 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/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/FagusbeechesRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk 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/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdead, fallen, decayedtrunk
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, felled, stacked trunk 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/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdead, felled, stackedtrunk
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk Major 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/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/Larixlarchesdead, fallen, decayedtrunkMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, felled, stacked trunk Major 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/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/Larixlarchesdead, felled, stackedtrunkMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk Major 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/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceasprucesdead, fallen, decayedtrunkMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, felled, stacked trunk Major 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/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceasprucesdead, felled, stackedtrunkMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk Major 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/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesdead, fallen, decayedtrunkMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, felled, stacked trunk Major 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/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesdead, felled, stackedtrunkMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, dead branch (large) UK/IrelandMajor Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Some Winter Rarities, Lucas, A., 2006
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pinefallen, deadbranch (large)Major

Interactions where Trichaptum abietinum is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
(dead) dead fruitbody is decayed by fruitbody Major Skeletocutis carneogrisea a polypore Polyporales: Polyporaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Profiles of Fungi No. 83: Skeletocutis carneogrisea A. David, Legon, N.W. & Pegler, D.N., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Skeletocutis carneogrisea/Skeletocutis carneogriseaa polyporefruitbody Fungus / saprobe /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketdeadfruitbodyMajor fruitbody is saprobic on dead fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody may contain larva UK/Ireland Cis bilamellatus a small fungus beetle Coleoptera: Ciidae The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact, Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Cis bilamellatus/Cis bilamellatusa small fungus beetlelarva Fungus / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketfruitbody larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody may contain Zilora ferruginea a false darkling beetle Coleoptera: Melandryidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Melandryidae/Zilora ferruginea/Zilora ferrugineaa false darkling beetle Fungus / internal feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketfruitbody feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody (live) live fruitbody is food source of larva Hoplothrips polysticti a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips polysticti/Hoplothrips polystictia thripslarva Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbody (2-6,8-9)larva feeds on live fruitbody
fruitbody (live) live fruitbody is food source of female macropter Hoplothrips polysticti a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips polysticti/Hoplothrips polystictia thripsfemale macropter Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbody (3-7)female macropter feeds on live fruitbody
fruitbody (live) live fruitbody is food source of male macropter Hoplothrips polysticti a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips polysticti/Hoplothrips polystictia thripsmale macropter Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbody (7)male macropter feeds on live fruitbody
fruitbody (live) live fruitbody is food source of male micropter Hoplothrips polysticti a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips polysticti/Hoplothrips polystictia thripsmale micropter Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbody (2-6,8-9)male micropter feeds on live fruitbody
fruitbody (live) live fruitbody is food source of female micropter Hoplothrips polysticti a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips polysticti/Hoplothrips polystictia thripsfemale micropter Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbody (2-6,8-9)female micropter feeds on live fruitbody
fruitbody (live) live fruitbody is food source of female macropter Restricted Hoplothrips unicolor a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips unicolor/Hoplothrips unicolora thripsfemale macropter Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbodySole (4-9)female macropter feeds on live fruitbody
fruitbody (live) live fruitbody is food source of male apter Restricted Hoplothrips unicolor a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips unicolor/Hoplothrips unicolora thripsmale apter Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbodySole (2-11)male apter feeds on live fruitbody
fruitbody (live) live fruitbody is food source of female apter Restricted Hoplothrips unicolor a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips unicolor/Hoplothrips unicolora thripsfemale apter Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbodySole (2-11)female apter feeds on live fruitbody
fruitbody (live) live fruitbody is food source of larva Restricted Hoplothrips unicolor a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips unicolor/Hoplothrips unicolora thripslarva Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbodySole (2-11)larva feeds on live fruitbody

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
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
Legon, N.W. & Pegler, D.N., 1997Profiles of Fungi No. 83: Skeletocutis carneogrisea A. DavidMycologist Vol 11 (2): 60.
Lucas, A., 2006Some Winter RaritiesField Mycology Vol 7 (3): 85-88.
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impactBiological Invasions Vol 12: 515-530.

Trichaptum abietinum (Purplepore Bracket) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Trichaptum abietinum (Purplepore Bracket) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTrichaptum abietinum (Purplepore Bracket)
GenusTrichaptum (a genus of fungi)
OrderHYMENOCHAETALES (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 Trichaptum abietinum (Purplepore Bracket)

Trichaptum abietinum (Purplepore Bracket) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Trichaptum abietinum (Purplepore Bracket):

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A small purplish resupinato-reflexed bracket that is very common on fallen conifer logs.

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