Mycocalia sphagneti J.T. Palmer
(Bog Cannon, Bog Mycocalia)

Interactions where Mycocalia sphagneti 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, fallen leaf			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/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Mycocalia sphagneti/	Mycocalia sphagneti	bog cannon, bog mycocalia				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Aquifoliales/Aquifoliaceae/Ilex aquifolium/	Ilex aquifolium	holly		dead, fallen	leaf
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf			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/Agaricaceae/Mycocalia sphagneti/	Mycocalia sphagneti	bog cannon, bog mycocalia				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead, fallen	leaf
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, old leaf			Eriophorum angustifolium	Common Cottongrass	Poales: Cyperaceae	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/Agaricaceae/Mycocalia sphagneti/	Mycocalia sphagneti	bog cannon, bog mycocalia				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/	Eriophorum angustifolium	common cottongrass		dead, old	leaf
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead culm			Juncus	rushes	Poales: Juncaceae	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/Agaricaceae/Mycocalia sphagneti/	Mycocalia sphagneti	bog cannon, bog mycocalia				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus/	Juncus	rushes		dead	culm

Author & Year	Title	Source
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Mycocalia sphagneti (Bog Cannon, Bog Mycocalia) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Mycocalia sphagneti (Bog Cannon, Bog Mycocalia) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Mycocalia sphagneti (Bog Cannon, Bog Mycocalia)
Genus	Mycocalia (cannon fungi)
Family	AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Mycocalia sphagneti is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mycocalia sphagneti (Bog Cannon, Bog Mycocalia)

Mycocalia sphagneti (Bog Cannon, Bog Mycocalia) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mycocalia sphagneti (Bog Cannon, Bog Mycocalia):

AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Vulnerable

VU/D2

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