Melanogaster intermedius (Berk.) Zeller & C.W. Dodge
(a slime truffle)

Interactions where Melanogaster intermedius 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 intermedius/Melanogaster intermediusa slime truffleepigeousfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees
fruitbody (hypogeous) hypogeous 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 intermedius/Melanogaster intermediusa slime trufflehypogeousfruitbody 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 intermedius (a slime truffle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Melanogaster intermedius (a slime truffle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelanogaster intermedius (a slime 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 intermedius (a slime truffle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ainsworth, M. 2005 Melanogaster intermedius, a slime truffle rediscovered in England after 159 years Field Mycology Vol 6 (4): 113-116.

Melanogaster intermedius (a slime truffle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Melanogaster intermedius (a slime truffle):

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