Abortiporus biennis (Bull.) Singer
(Blushing Rosette)

Interactions where Abortiporus biennis 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 decayed wood [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees 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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Abortiporus biennis/Abortiporus biennisblushing rosettefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdecayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead root [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees 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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Abortiporus biennis/Abortiporus biennisblushing rosettefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdeadroot

Author & YearTitleSource
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

Abortiporus biennis (Blushing Rosette) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Abortiporus biennis (Blushing Rosette) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAbortiporus biennis (Blushing Rosette)
FamilyMERULIACEAE (rosette fungi)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Abortiporus biennis (Blushing Rosette)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource

Resembling Hydnellum Peckii

Henrici, A. 2015 Notes and Records (Oct 15) Field Mycology Vol 16 (4): 137-139.

Abortiporus biennis (Blushing Rosette) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Abortiporus biennis (Blushing Rosette):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 41 images of Abortiporus biennis (Blushing Rosette)

Some Hydnellum species (H. ferrugineum & H. peckii) have similar growth form, develop red droplets and can look similar, but these have well-formed spines on the underside.

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