Clitocybe americana H.E. Bigelow
(a funnel cap)

Interactions where Clitocybe americana 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 dead, decayed wood 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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Clitocybe americana/Clitocybe americanaa funnel capfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Adoxaceae/Sambucus nigra/Sambucus nigraelder?dead, decayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on large, dead, fallen, decayed trunk Major 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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Clitocybe americana/Clitocybe americanaa funnel capfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeecheslarge, dead, fallen, decayedtrunkMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on large, dead, decayed log Major 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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Clitocybe americana/Clitocybe americanaa funnel capfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeecheslarge, dead, decayedlogMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on large, dead, fallen, decayed trunk UK/IrelandMajor Ulmus elms Rosales: Ulmaceae Clitocybe americana Bigelow, an American agaric, found in Worcestershire, Antrobus, D.J., 1984
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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Clitocybe americana/Clitocybe americanaa funnel capfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/Ulmuselmslarge, dead, fallen, decayedtrunkMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on large, dead, decayed log UK/IrelandMajor Ulmus elms Rosales: Ulmaceae Clitocybe americana Bigelow, an American agaric, found in Worcestershire, Antrobus, D.J., 1984
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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Clitocybe americana/Clitocybe americanaa funnel capfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/Ulmuselmslarge, dead, decayedlogMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, 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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Clitocybe americana/Clitocybe americanaa funnel capfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead, decayedwood

Author & YearTitleSource
Antrobus, D.J., 1984Clitocybe americana Bigelow, an American agaric, found in WorcestershireBull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 18 (2): 139-140.
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

Clitocybe americana (a funnel cap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Clitocybe americana (a funnel cap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesClitocybe americana (a funnel cap)
GenusClitocybe (funnel caps)
FamilyTRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
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 Clitocybe americana (a funnel cap)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Antrobus, D.J. 1984 Clitocybe americana Bigelow, an American agaric, found in Worcestershire Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 18 (2): 139-140.

Clitocybe americana (a funnel cap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Clitocybe americana (a funnel cap):

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