Phleogena faginea (Fr.) Link
(Fenugreek Stalkball)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhleogena faginea (Fenugreek Stalkball)
FamilyPHLEOGENACEAE (fenugreek stalkballs)
OrderATRACTIELLALES (an order of pucciniomycetes)
ClassPUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
SubphylumPUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Phleogena faginea (Fenugreek Stalkball) :
1: Phleogena faginea (Fenugreek Stalkball)
13 Nov 2004 OSGR: SU76 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on dead standing Grey Sallow trunk
Image 1: In situ - side view - enlargedImage 2: In situ - top view - enlargedImage 3: In situ - top view - enlarged (2)
2: Phleogena faginea (Fenugreek Stalkball)
13 Nov 2004 OSGR: SU76 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on dead standing birch trunk
Image 1: In situ - side view - enlargedImage 2: In situ - top view - enlargedImage 3: Basidia and spores - magnifiedImage 4: Basidia and spores - magnified (2)Image 5: Basidia and spores - highly magnifiedImage 6: Basidia and spores - highly magnified (2)Image 7: Basidia and spores - highly magnified (3)Image 8: Basidia and spores - highly magnified (4)Image 9: Basidia and spores - highly magnified (5)Image 10: Basidia and spores - highly magnified (6)Image 11: Hypha with curled branches and large medallion clamp (centre) - highly magnifiedImage 12: LS - magnifiedImage 13: Side view - magnifiedImage 14: Side view - magnified (2)Image 15: Side view - magnified (3)Image 16: Side view - magnified (4)Image 17: Spores - magnifiedImage 18: Spores - magnified (2)
3: Phleogena faginea (Fenugreek Stalkball)
23 Oct 2002 OSGR: SU49 51° 40’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Grey Sallow
Image 1: Fruitbodies - magnifiedImage 2: Fruitbodies - magnified (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies - magnified (3)Image 4: Fruitbody - magnifiedImage 5: Fruitbody - magnified (2)Image 6: Fruitbody - magnified (3)Image 7: BasidiaImage 8: Basidia and sporesImage 9: Basidia and spores (2)Image 10: Basidia and spores (3)Image 11: BasidiumImage 12: Basidium (2)Image 13: Basidium (3)

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
Cook, P. 1994 Profiles of Fungi No. 62: Phleogena faginea (Fr.:Fr.) Link Mycologist Vol 08 (3): 62.
Weightman, J. 2007 Cross Dressers: Cyphelloid and other curious fungi Field Mycology Vol 8 (3): 80-83.

Phleogena faginea (Fenugreek Stalkball) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phleogena faginea (Fenugreek Stalkball)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 37 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phleogena faginea (Fenugreek Stalkball)
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