Phaeoclavulina abietina (Pers.) Giachini
(Greening Coral)

Interactions where Phaeoclavulina abietina 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, decayed wood			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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Gomphales/Gomphaceae/Phaeoclavulina abietina/	Phaeoclavulina abietina	greening coral				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead, decayed	wood		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			[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/Gomphales/Gomphaceae/Phaeoclavulina abietina/	Phaeoclavulina abietina	greening coral				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, decayed	wood		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			PINOPSIDA	conifers		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/Gomphales/Gomphaceae/Phaeoclavulina abietina/	Phaeoclavulina abietina	greening coral				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead, decayed	wood		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed needle of litter			PINOPSIDA	conifers		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/Gomphales/Gomphaceae/Phaeoclavulina abietina/	Phaeoclavulina abietina	greening coral				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead, fallen, decayed	needle	litter
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed needle of litter			Abies	firs	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/Gomphales/Gomphaceae/Phaeoclavulina abietina/	Phaeoclavulina abietina	greening coral				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies/	Abies	firs		dead, fallen, decayed	needle	litter	Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed needle of litter			Larix	larches	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/Gomphales/Gomphaceae/Phaeoclavulina abietina/	Phaeoclavulina abietina	greening coral				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/	Larix	larches		dead, fallen, decayed	needle	litter	Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed needle of litter			Picea	spruces	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/Gomphales/Gomphaceae/Phaeoclavulina abietina/	Phaeoclavulina abietina	greening coral				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces		dead, fallen, decayed	needle	litter	Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed needle of litter			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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Gomphales/Gomphaceae/Phaeoclavulina abietina/	Phaeoclavulina abietina	greening coral				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines		dead, fallen, decayed	needle	litter	Major

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

Phaeoclavulina abietina (Greening Coral) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Phaeoclavulina abietina (Greening Coral) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Phaeoclavulina abietina (Greening Coral)
Genus	Phaeoclavulina (a genus of fungi)
Family	GOMPHACEAE (a family of coral fungi, false truffles and fairy clubs)
Order	GOMPHALES (an order of coral, tooth and club fungi)
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)

Phaeoclavulina abietina is also a member of:
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 Phaeoclavulina abietina (Greening Coral)

Phaeoclavulina abietina (Greening Coral) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

GOMPHACEAE
(a family of coral fungi, false truffles and fairy clubs)

GOMPHALES
(an order of coral, tooth and club fungi)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Phaeoclavulina abietina (Greening Coral):

GOMPHACEAE
(a family of coral fungi, false truffles and fairy clubs)

GOMPHALES
(an order of coral, tooth and club fungi)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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