Fuscoporia ferruginosa (Schrad.) Murrill
(Rusty Porecrust)

Interactions where Fuscoporia ferruginosa 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 wood Minor Ilex aquifolium Holly Aquifoliales: Aquifoliaceae 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/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Fuscoporia ferruginosa/Fuscoporia ferruginosarusty porecrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Aquifoliales/Aquifoliaceae/Ilex aquifolium/Ilex aquifoliumhollydeadwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood Major Corylus hazels Fagales: Betulaceae 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/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Fuscoporia ferruginosa/Fuscoporia ferruginosarusty porecrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus/CorylushazelsdeadwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood 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/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Fuscoporia ferruginosa/Fuscoporia ferruginosarusty porecrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/FagusbeechesdeadwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood Minor Quercus 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/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Fuscoporia ferruginosa/Fuscoporia ferruginosarusty porecrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/QuercusoaksdeadwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood Minor Populus tremula Aspen Malpighiales: Salicaceae 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/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Fuscoporia ferruginosa/Fuscoporia ferruginosarusty porecrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus tremula/Populus tremulaaspendeadwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood Minor 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
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Fuscoporia ferruginosa/Fuscoporia ferruginosarusty porecrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/SalixwillowsdeadwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood Minor Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn Rosales: Rosaceae 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/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Fuscoporia ferruginosa/Fuscoporia ferruginosarusty porecrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus monogyna/Crataegus monogynahawthorndeadwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood Minor Prunus avium Wild Cherry Rosales: Rosaceae 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/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Fuscoporia ferruginosa/Fuscoporia ferruginosarusty porecrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus avium/Prunus aviumwild cherrydeadwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood Minor 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
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Fuscoporia ferruginosa/Fuscoporia ferruginosarusty porecrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/UlmuselmsdeadwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood [Broadleaved trees and shrubs] broadleaved trees and shrubs 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/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Fuscoporia ferruginosa/Fuscoporia ferruginosarusty porecrustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/Broadleaved trees and shrubsbroadleaved trees and shrubsdeadwood

Interactions where Fuscoporia ferruginosa is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part 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 Summary
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by colony of Cladobotryum anamorph Cladobotryum mycophilum an anamorphic fungus Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Cladobotryum mycophilum/Cladobotryum mycophiluman anamorphic funguscolonyCladobotryum anamorph Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Fuscoporia ferruginosa/Fuscoporia ferruginosarusty porecrustfruitbody colony of Cladobotryum anamorph parasitises fruitbody

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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

Fuscoporia ferruginosa (Rusty Porecrust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Fuscoporia ferruginosa (Rusty Porecrust) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFuscoporia ferruginosa (Rusty Porecrust)
GenusFuscoporia
FamilyHYMENOCHAETACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
OrderHYMENOCHAETALES (an order of basidiomycete 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 Fuscoporia ferruginosa (Rusty Porecrust)

Fuscoporia ferruginosa (Rusty Porecrust) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Findlay, W.P.K. 1951 A note on the fungi of less common occurrence in houses TBMS Vol 34 (1): 35-37, Plate 3.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Fuscoporia ferruginosa (Rusty Porecrust):

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