Postia Fr.
(a genus of bracket fungi)

Interactions where Postia is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part 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 Summary
hymenium (live) live hymenium of basidiome is parasitised by internal basidiome Tremella polyporina a brain fungus Tremellales: Tremellaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina, Roberts, P., 2007
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella polyporina/Tremella polyporinaa brain fungusinternalbasidiome Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Postia/Postiaa genus of bracket fungilivehymeniumbasidiome internal basidiome parasitises live hymenium of basidiome

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
Roberts, P., 2007British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporinaField Mycology Vol 8 (4): 127-133.

Postia (a genus of bracket fungi) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Postia (a genus of bracket fungi) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 18 trophisms 2 references
Species aggregate 2 subtaxa 55 trophisms
Species 7 trophisms
Species 6 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 14 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 26 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 6 trophisms
Species 21 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 36 trophisms
Species 32 trophisms
Species 24 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPostia (a genus of bracket fungi)
FamilyFOMITOPSIDACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
OrderPOLYPORALES (polypores)
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 Postia (a genus of bracket fungi)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Pegler, D.N. & Saunders, E.M. 1994 British poroid species formerly placed in the genus Tyromyces (Coriolaceae) Mycologist Vol 08 (01): 24-31.

Postia (a genus of bracket fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Postia (a genus of bracket fungi):

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