Lentinellus vulpinus (Sowerby) Kühner & Maire
(Fox Cockleshell)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLentinellus vulpinus (Fox Cockleshell)
GenusLentinellus (cockleshell fungi)
FamilyAURISCALPIACEAE (a family of basidiomycetes)
OrderRUSSULALES (an order of 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)
Records of Lentinellus vulpinus (Fox Cockleshell) :
1: Lentinellus vulpinus (Fox Cockleshell)
5 Oct 1981 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: Fruitbodies - mature - top view - in situImage 2: Fruitbodies - young - gillsImage 3: Fruitbodies - young - side view - in situImage 4: Fruitbodies - young - underside - in situImage 5: Fruitbodies - young - under side - in situImage 6: Fruitbody - mature - gills - upturnedImage 7: Fruitbody - mature - top viewImage 8: Fruitbody - mature - top view - in situImage 9: Cap cuticle end cells - magnifiedImage 10: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 11: Hyphae from layer immediately over gills - magnifiedImage 12: Lactiferous hyphal terminations in gill edge - magnifiedImage 13: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 14: DescriptionImage 15: Description - contd

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ainsworth, M. 2004 Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature
Overall, A. 2005 Lentinellus ursinus & L. vulpinus make their first recorded appearance in Epping Forest Field Mycology Vol 6 (4): 117-120.

Lentinellus vulpinus (Fox Cockleshell) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lentinellus vulpinus (Fox Cockleshell)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lentinellus vulpinus (Fox Cockleshell)

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