Melanogaster broomeanus Berk.
(Broome’s Slime Trufle, Bath Truffle)

Interactions where Melanogaster broomeanus 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 (epigeous) epigeous fruitbody is saprobic on [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
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Paxillaceae/Melanogaster broomeanus/Melanogaster broomeanusBroome's slime trufle, bath truffleepigeousfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees
fruitbody (subhypogeous) subhypogeous fruitbody is saprobic on [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
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Paxillaceae/Melanogaster broomeanus/Melanogaster broomeanusBroome's slime trufle, bath trufflesubhypogeousfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees

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

Melanogaster broomeanus (Broome’s Slime Trufle, Bath Truffle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Melanogaster broomeanus (Broome’s Slime Trufle, Bath Truffle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelanogaster broomeanus (Broome’s Slime Trufle, Bath Truffle)
GenusMelanogaster (Bot.) (slime truffles)
FamilyPAXILLACEAE (a family of bolete toadstools)
OrderBOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
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 Melanogaster broomeanus (Broome’s Slime Trufle, Bath Truffle)

Melanogaster broomeanus (Broome’s Slime Trufle, Bath Truffle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Melanogaster broomeanus (Broome’s Slime Trufle, Bath Truffle):

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