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			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 expallens	a resupinate basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		hard, barely decayed, corticate	stump
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on hard, barely decayed, corticate log (large)			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 expallens	a resupinate basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		hard, barely decayed, corticate	log (large)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on hard, barely decayed, corticate stump			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 expallens	a resupinate basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		hard, barely decayed, corticate	stump
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on hard, barely decayed, corticate log (large)			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 expallens	a resupinate basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		hard, barely decayed, corticate	log (large)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on hard, barely decayed, corticate stump			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 expallens	a resupinate basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer platanoides/	Acer platanoides	Norway maple		hard, barely decayed, corticate	stump
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on hard, barely decayed, corticate log (large)			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 expallens	a resupinate basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer platanoides/	Acer platanoides	Norway maple		hard, barely decayed, corticate	log (large)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on hard, barely decayed, corticate stump			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 expallens	a resupinate basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/	Acer pseudoplatanus	sycamore, great maple		hard, barely decayed, corticate	stump
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on hard, barely decayed, corticate log (large)			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 expallens	a resupinate basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/	Acer pseudoplatanus	sycamore, great maple		hard, barely decayed, corticate	log (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 expallens	a resupinate basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		hard, barely decayed, corticate	stump
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 expallens	a resupinate basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		hard, barely decayed, corticate	log (large)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Crustomyces expallens (a resupinate basidiomycete)
Family	CYSTOSTEREACEAE (a fungus)
Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Crustomyces expallens is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Crustomyces expallens (a resupinate basidiomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	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:

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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