Spongipellis delectans sensu auct. Eur. NULL
(Spongy Mazegill)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSpongipellis delectans sensu auct. Eur. (Spongy Mazegill)
GenusSpongipellis (mazegill fungi)
FamilyPOLYPORACEAE (a family of polypores)
OrderPOLYPORALES (polypores)
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 Spongipellis delectans sensu auct. Eur. (Spongy Mazegill) :
1: Spongipellis delectans sensu auct. Eur. (Spongy Mazegill)
4 Nov 2014 OSGR: SU20 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
very wet brackets on base of large, dead, fallen Beech trunk
Image 1: Bracket - RS - close-upImage 2: Bracket - RS - white backgroundImage 3: Brackets - top viewImage 4: Bracket - top viewImage 5: Bracket - under surface - natural backgroundImage 6: Bracket - margin - top surface - enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Bracket - margin - under surface - enlarged - white backgroundImage 8: Bracket - pore surface - enlargedImage 9: Bracket - pore surface - enlarged (2)Image 10: Bracket - top surface - enlargedImage 11: Spore print - enlarged - white backgroundImage 12: Spore print - scraped - enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Spore print - scraped, with iodine - enlarged - white backgroundImage 14: Context hyphae - magnifiedImage 15: Context hyphae - magnified (2)Image 16: Spores - in cotton blue - magnifiedImage 17: Spores - magnifiedImage 18: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 19: Superficial hyphae - magnifiedImage 20: Superficial hyphae - magnified (2)

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. 2010 Fungi Royale: some interesting larger fungi of the Royal Parks - Part 1 Field Mycology Vol 11 (3): 101-4.

Spongipellis delectans sensu auct. Eur. (Spongy Mazegill) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Spongipellis delectans sensu auct. Eur. (Spongy Mazegill)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Spongipellis delectans sensu auct. Eur. (Spongy Mazegill)

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