The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').
Stage | Summary | Taxon | Vernacular | Classification | References | |||
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plant | plant parasitises mycorrhiza | Tricholoma | knight toadstools | Agaricales: Tricholomataceae | Plants parasitic on fungi: unearthing the fungi in myco-heterotrophs and debunking the "saprophytic" plant myth, Leake, J.R., 2005 Fungi, Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005 |
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plant | plant parasitises Salix mycorrhiza | Tricholoma cingulatum | Girdled Knight | Agaricales: Tricholomataceae | Fungi, Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005 |
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plant | plant parasitises Fagus mycorrhiza | Tricholoma columbetta | Blue Spot Knight | Agaricales: Tricholomataceae | Notes and Records (Oct 2008), Henrici, A, 2008 |
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plant | plant parasitises Fagus mycorrhiza | Tricholoma saponaceum | Soap Knight | Agaricales: Tricholomataceae | Notes and Records (Oct 2008), Henrici, A, 2008 |
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plant | plant parasitises Pinus mycorrhiza | Tricholoma terreum | Grey Knight | Agaricales: Tricholomataceae | Fungi, Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005 |
Author & Year | Title | Source |
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Henrici, A, 2008 | Notes and Records (Oct 2008) | Field Mycology Vol 9 (4): 139-141. |
Leake, J.R., 2005 | Plants parasitic on fungi: unearthing the fungi in myco-heterotrophs and debunking the "saprophytic" plant myth | Mycologist Vol 19 (3): 113-122. |
Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005 | Fungi | New Naturalist, 96, 594pp, HarperCollins |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hypopitys monotropa (Yellow Bird’s-nest) |
Handling & Magnification | Author | Year | Title | Source |
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Davis, S. | 2004 | Yellow Bird’s-nest | Vol 15, No. 6 Page: 386 | |
Henrici, A | 2008 | Notes and Records (Oct 2008) | Field Mycology Vol 9 (4): 139-141. |
Hypopitys monotropa (Yellow Bird’s-nest) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Author | Year | Title | Source |
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Bidartondo, M.I. & Bruns, D.T. | 2002 | Fine-level mycorrhizal specificity in the Monotropoideae (Ericaceae): specificity for fungal species groups | Molecular Ecology Vol 11: 557-569. |
Leake, J.R. | 2005 | Plants parasitic on fungi: unearthing the fungi in myco-heterotrophs and debunking the "saprophytic" plant myth | Mycologist Vol 19 (3): 113-122. |
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Hypopitys monotropa (Yellow Bird’s-nest):
BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 25 images of Hypopitys monotropa (Yellow Bird’s-nest) |
An achlorophyllous plant which is parasitic on ectomycorrhiza of Tricholoma species, especially T. cingulatum with Salix and T. terreum with Pinus, although it is also found under Beech and other trees.
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