Calocera viscosa (Pers.) Fr.
(Yellow Stagshorn)

Interactions where Calocera viscosa 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/Ireland Hedera helixQuestionable Ivy Apiales: Araliaceae 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 viscosa/Calocera viscosayellow stagshornfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Hedera helix/Hedera helixivy?decayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood UK/Ireland Sambucus nigraQuestionable Elder Dipsacales: Adoxaceae 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 viscosa/Calocera viscosayellow stagshornfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Adoxaceae/Sambucus nigra/Sambucus nigraelder?decayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood UK/Ireland FagusQuestionable 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 viscosa/Calocera viscosayellow stagshornfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeeches?decayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood UK/Ireland QuercusQuestionable oaks 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 viscosa/Calocera viscosayellow stagshornfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaks?decayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood UK/Ireland FraxinusQuestionable ashes Lamiales: Oleaceae 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 viscosa/Calocera viscosayellow stagshornfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusashes?decayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood UK/IrelandMajor 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 viscosa/Calocera viscosayellow stagshornfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/PinopsidaconifersdecayedwoodMajor

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 viscosa (Yellow Stagshorn) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCalocera viscosa (Yellow 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 viscosa (Yellow Stagshorn)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ingold, C.T. 1983 Basidiospore germination and conidium development in Dacrymycetales TBMS Vol 81 (3): 563-571.
Roberts 1994 Profiles of Fungi No. 61: Calocera viscosa (Pers:Fr.) Fr. var cavarae (Bres.) McNabb Mycologist Vol 08 (2): 61.

Calocera viscosa (Yellow 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 viscosa (Yellow Stagshorn):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 31 images of Calocera viscosa (Yellow Stagshorn)
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