Pholiota gummosa (Lasch) Singer
(Sticky Scalycap)

Interactions where Pholiota gummosa 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 living root [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/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Pholiota gummosa/Pholiota gummosasticky scalycapfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treeslivingroot
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, often buried 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/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Pholiota gummosa/Pholiota gummosasticky scalycapfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead, decayed, often buriedwood

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

Pholiota gummosa (Sticky Scalycap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pholiota gummosa (Sticky Scalycap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPholiota gummosa (Sticky Scalycap)
GenusPholiota (scalycap toadstools)
FamilySTROPHARIACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
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 Pholiota gummosa (Sticky Scalycap)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W. 2000 Profiles of Fungi No. 117: Pholiota gummosa (Lasch) Singer Mycologist Vol 14 (3): 133-134.

Pholiota gummosa (Sticky Scalycap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pholiota gummosa (Sticky Scalycap):

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