Gymnopilus junonius (Fr.) P.D. Orton
(Spectacular Rustgill)

Interactions where Gymnopilus junonius 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 Major Ulex europaeus Gorse, Furze, Whin Fabales: Fabaceae 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/Strophariaceae/Gymnopilus junonius/Gymnopilus junoniusspectacular rustgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex europaeus/Ulex europaeusgorse, furze, whindecayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood Major Betula birches 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/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Gymnopilus junonius/Gymnopilus junoniusspectacular rustgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/BetulabirchesdecayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood UK/IrelandMajor 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
Profiles of Fungi No. 112: Gymnopilus junonius (Fr.) P. D. Orton, Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., 2000
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Gymnopilus junonius/Gymnopilus junoniusspectacular rustgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/FagusbeechesdecayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood Major 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/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Gymnopilus junonius/Gymnopilus junoniusspectacular rustgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/QuercusoaksdecayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood Major Fraxinus 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
Profiles of Fungi No. 112: Gymnopilus junonius (Fr.) P. D. Orton, Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., 2000
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Gymnopilus junonius/Gymnopilus junoniusspectacular rustgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/FraxinusashesdecayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood Major 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/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Gymnopilus junonius/Gymnopilus junoniusspectacular rustgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/SalixwillowsdecayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood Major Malus apples Rosales: Rosaceae Profiles of Fungi No. 112: Gymnopilus junonius (Fr.) P. D. Orton, Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., 2000
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Gymnopilus junonius/Gymnopilus junoniusspectacular rustgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/MalusapplesdecayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood Major Sorbus aucuparia Rowan, Mountain Ash 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/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Gymnopilus junonius/Gymnopilus junoniusspectacular rustgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus aucuparia/Sorbus aucupariarowan, mountain ashdecayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood Major Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore, Great Maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae 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/Strophariaceae/Gymnopilus junonius/Gymnopilus junoniusspectacular rustgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/Acer pseudoplatanussycamore, great mapledecayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood UK/Ireland [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. 112: Gymnopilus junonius (Fr.) P. D. Orton, Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., 2000
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Gymnopilus junonius/Gymnopilus junoniusspectacular rustgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdecayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood Minor Cedrus cedars Pinales: Pinaceae 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/Strophariaceae/Gymnopilus junonius/Gymnopilus junoniusspectacular rustgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Cedrus/CedruscedarsdecayedwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood Rare Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae 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. 112: Gymnopilus junonius (Fr.) P. D. Orton, Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., 2000
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Gymnopilus junonius/Gymnopilus junoniusspectacular rustgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/PinuspinesdecayedwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood Minor Taxus baccata Yew Pinales: Taxaceae 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/Strophariaceae/Gymnopilus junonius/Gymnopilus junoniusspectacular rustgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/Taxus baccatayewdecayedwoodMinor

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
Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., 2000Profiles of Fungi No. 112: Gymnopilus junonius (Fr.) P. D. OrtonMycologist Vol 14 (1): 37-38.

Gymnopilus junonius (Spectacular Rustgill) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Gymnopilus junonius (Spectacular Rustgill) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGymnopilus junonius (Spectacular Rustgill)
GenusGymnopilus (rustgill toadstools)
FamilySTROPHARIACEAE (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 Gymnopilus junonius (Spectacular Rustgill)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W. 2000 Profiles of Fungi No. 112: Gymnopilus junonius (Fr.) P. D. Orton Mycologist Vol 14 (1): 37-38.

Gymnopilus junonius (Spectacular Rustgill) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Holden, L. 2006 Guidelines for Field Mycologists - the practical interpretation of Section 21 of the Drugs Act 2005 www.britmycolosoc.org.uk/files/DrugsAct2005_Guidelines.pdf
Stijve, T. & Kuyper, T.W. 1988 Absence of Psilocybin in species of fungi previously reported to contain Psilocybin and related Tryptamine derivatives Persoonia Vol 13, Part 4: 463-465.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Gymnopilus junonius (Spectacular Rustgill):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 85 images of Gymnopilus junonius (Spectacular Rustgill)
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