Calocera cornea (Batsch) Fr.
(Small Stagshorn)

Interactions where Calocera cornea 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 UK/IrelandMajor Fagus beeches Fagales: Fagaceae 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/Dacrymycetales/Dacrymycetaceae/Calocera cornea/Calocera corneasmall stagshornfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/FagusbeechesdecayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood UK/Ireland [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/Dacrymycetales/Dacrymycetaceae/Calocera cornea/Calocera corneasmall stagshornfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdecayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood UK/IrelandMinor PINOPSIDA conifers 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/Dacrymycetales/Dacrymycetaceae/Calocera cornea/Calocera corneasmall stagshornfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/PinopsidaconifersdecayedwoodMinor

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

Calocera cornea (Small Stagshorn) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Calocera cornea (Small Stagshorn) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCalocera cornea (Small Stagshorn)
GenusCalocera (stagshorn fungi)
FamilyDACRYMYCETACEAE (a family of jelly fungi)
OrderDACRYMYCETALES (an order of jelly fungi)
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 Calocera cornea (Small Stagshorn)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ingold, C.T. 1983 Basidiospore germination and conidium development in Dacrymycetales TBMS Vol 81 (3): 563-571.

Calocera cornea (Small Stagshorn) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Calocera cornea (Small Stagshorn):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 14 images of Calocera cornea (Small Stagshorn)

A common jelly fungus which grows in clusters of unbranched bright yellow fruitbodies on (mainly) broadleaved wood.

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