Crustomyces expallens (Bres.) Hjortstam
(a resupinate basidiomycete)

Interactions where Crustomyces expallens 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 hard, barely decayed, corticate stump UK/Ireland Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Profiles of Fungi No. 141: Crustomyces expallens (Bres.) Hjortstam, Legon, N.W., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Cystostereaceae/Crustomyces expallens/Crustomyces expallensa resupinate basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowshard, barely decayed, corticatestump
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on hard, barely decayed, corticate log (large) UK/Ireland Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Profiles of Fungi No. 141: Crustomyces expallens (Bres.) Hjortstam, Legon, N.W., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Cystostereaceae/Crustomyces expallens/Crustomyces expallensa resupinate basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowshard, barely decayed, corticatelog (large)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on hard, barely decayed, corticate stump UK/Ireland Ulmus elms Rosales: Ulmaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Profiles of Fungi No. 141: Crustomyces expallens (Bres.) Hjortstam, Legon, N.W., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Cystostereaceae/Crustomyces expallens/Crustomyces expallensa resupinate basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/Ulmuselmshard, barely decayed, corticatestump
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on hard, barely decayed, corticate log (large) UK/Ireland Ulmus elms Rosales: Ulmaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Profiles of Fungi No. 141: Crustomyces expallens (Bres.) Hjortstam, Legon, N.W., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Cystostereaceae/Crustomyces expallens/Crustomyces expallensa resupinate basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/Ulmuselmshard, barely decayed, corticatelog (large)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on hard, barely decayed, corticate stump UK/Ireland Acer platanoides Norway Maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae Profiles of Fungi No. 141: Crustomyces expallens (Bres.) Hjortstam, Legon, N.W., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Cystostereaceae/Crustomyces expallens/Crustomyces expallensa resupinate basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer platanoides/Acer platanoidesNorway maplehard, barely decayed, corticatestump
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on hard, barely decayed, corticate log (large) UK/Ireland Acer platanoides Norway Maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae Profiles of Fungi No. 141: Crustomyces expallens (Bres.) Hjortstam, Legon, N.W., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Cystostereaceae/Crustomyces expallens/Crustomyces expallensa resupinate basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer platanoides/Acer platanoidesNorway maplehard, barely decayed, corticatelog (large)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on hard, barely decayed, corticate stump UK/Ireland Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore, Great Maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae Profiles of Fungi No. 141: Crustomyces expallens (Bres.) Hjortstam, Legon, N.W., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Cystostereaceae/Crustomyces expallens/Crustomyces expallensa resupinate basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/Acer pseudoplatanussycamore, great maplehard, barely decayed, corticatestump
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on hard, barely decayed, corticate log (large) UK/Ireland Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore, Great Maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae Profiles of Fungi No. 141: Crustomyces expallens (Bres.) Hjortstam, Legon, N.W., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Cystostereaceae/Crustomyces expallens/Crustomyces expallensa resupinate basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/Acer pseudoplatanussycamore, great maplehard, barely decayed, corticatelog (large)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on hard, barely decayed, corticate stump [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
Profiles of Fungi No. 141: Crustomyces expallens (Bres.) Hjortstam, Legon, N.W., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Cystostereaceae/Crustomyces expallens/Crustomyces expallensa resupinate basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treeshard, barely decayed, corticatestump
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on hard, barely decayed, corticate log (large) [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
Profiles of Fungi No. 141: Crustomyces expallens (Bres.) Hjortstam, Legon, N.W., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Cystostereaceae/Crustomyces expallens/Crustomyces expallensa resupinate basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treeshard, barely decayed, corticatelog (large)

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
Legon, N.W., 2006Profiles of Fungi No. 141: Crustomyces expallens (Bres.) HjortstamMycologist 20: 118-119.

Crustomyces expallens (a resupinate basidiomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Crustomyces expallens (a resupinate basidiomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCrustomyces expallens (a resupinate basidiomycete)
FamilyCYSTOSTEREACEAE (a fungus)
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 Crustomyces expallens (a resupinate basidiomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L. 1981 The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 6 Phlebia - Sarcodontia Corticiaceae of Northern Europe, The, 6, Fungiflora
Legon, N.W. 2006 Profiles of Fungi No. 141: Crustomyces expallens (Bres.) Hjortstam Mycologist 20: 118-119.

Crustomyces expallens (a resupinate basidiomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Crustomyces expallens (a resupinate basidiomycete):

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