Trametes betulina (L.) Pilát
(Birch Mazegill)

Interactions where Trametes betulina 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, white-rotten wood			Alnus	alders	Fagales: Betulaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Trametes betulina/	Trametes betulina	birch mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders		dead, white-rotten	wood		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten stump			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Trametes betulina/	Trametes betulina	birch mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		dead, white-rotten	stump		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood			Corylus	hazels	Fagales: Betulaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Trametes betulina/	Trametes betulina	birch mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus/	Corylus	hazels		dead, white-rotten	wood		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, white-rotten trunk			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Trametes betulina/	Trametes betulina	birch mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, fallen, white-rotten	trunk		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood			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 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Trametes betulina/	Trametes betulina	birch mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead, white-rotten	wood		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood			Populus tremula	Aspen	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Trametes betulina/	Trametes betulina	birch mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus tremula/	Populus tremula	aspen		dead, white-rotten	wood		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood			Crataegus	hawthorns	Rosales: Rosaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Trametes betulina/	Trametes betulina	birch mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/	Crataegus	hawthorns		dead, white-rotten	wood		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood			Ulmus	elms	Rosales: Ulmaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Trametes betulina/	Trametes betulina	birch mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		dead, white-rotten	wood		Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten 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 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Trametes betulina/	Trametes betulina	birch mazegill				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, white-rotten	wood

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
Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium	Acta Mycologica Vol 41 (2): 305-312.

Trametes betulina (Birch Mazegill) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Trametes betulina (Birch Mazegill) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Trametes
(a genus of bracket fungi)

POLYPORACEAE
(a family of polypores)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Trametes betulina (Birch Mazegill)
Genus	Trametes (a genus of bracket fungi)
Family	POLYPORACEAE (a family of polypores)
Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
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)

Trametes betulina 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 Trametes betulina (Birch Mazegill)

Trametes betulina (Birch Mazegill) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

POLYPORACEAE
(a family of polypores)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

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 Trametes betulina (Birch Mazegill):

POLYPORACEAE
(a family of polypores)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

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))

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 34 images of Trametes betulina (Birch Mazegill)

A common species on broad-leaved trees, especially Betula. From above it can easily be overlooked as the very common Trametes versicolor, but the underside has thin gill-like plates in stead of pores. It often fruits late in the year.

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