Pisolithus capsulifer (Sowerby) Watling, Phosri & M.P. Martín
(Dyeball)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPisolithus capsulifer (Dyeball)
GenusPisolithus (dyeballs)
FamilySCLERODERMATACEAE (earthballs and dyeballs)
OrderBOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
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 Pisolithus capsulifer (Dyeball) :
1: Pisolithus capsulifer (Dyeball)
9 Oct 2016 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
single old fruitbody on bank at side of forest road under Austrian Pine
Image 1: Fruitbody - lain down - side viewImage 2: Fruitbody - lain down - side view (2)Image 3: Fruitbody - lain down - white backgroundImage 4: Fruitbody - lain down - white background (2)Image 5: Fruitbody - LS - white backgroundImage 6: Fruitbody - side viewImage 7: Fruitbody - side view (2)Image 8: Fruitbody - base - enlargedImage 9: Fruitbody - base - enlarged (2)Image 10: Fruitbody - base - enlarged (3)Image 11: Fruitbody - cut flesh - enlargedImage 12: Peridium - close-up - enlargedImage 13: Peridium - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 14: Peridium - dark marks - close-up - enlargedImage 15: Peridium - dark marks - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 16: Spore mass - old - close-up - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 1998 Vol 12 Part 2 - Rear cover Mycologist Vol 12 (2): rear cover.
Andrews, A. 2012 Pisolithus arhizus: the dyeball or Pea Stone fungus Field Mycology Vol 13 (3): 84-85.
Phosri, C., Martin, M.P., Suwannasai, N., Sihanonth, P. & Watling, R. 2012 Pisolithus: a new species from southeast Asia and a new combination Mycotaxon Vol 120: 195-208.

Pisolithus capsulifer (Dyeball) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pisolithus capsulifer (Dyeball)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pisolithus capsulifer (Dyeball)
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