Hypopitys monotropa Crantz
(Yellow Bird’s-nest)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Hypopitys monotropa ssp monotropa a subspecies of yellow bird’s-nest					Subspecies		12 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hypopitys monotropa (Yellow Bird’s-nest)
Family	ERICACEAE (heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)
Order	ERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Hypopitys monotropa is also a member of:
Woody plants - subshrubs (via Ericaceae)
Broadleaved shrubs - broadleaved shrubs (via Ericaceae)
Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Ericaceae)
Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs - broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Xylophytes - broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Endomycorrhizal plants - plants that form endomycorrhiza (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs - trees and shrubs, including conifers (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants - trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers (via Broadleaved shrubs)

Records of Hypopitys monotropa (Yellow Bird’s-nest) :
1: Hypopitys monotropa (Yellow Bird’s-nest)
17 Jun 2012	OSGR: TL88	52° 30’ N, 0° 40’ E	Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28)	England
under Beech and pine . Photos: In dappled sunlight, under Beech tree

2: Hypopitys monotropa (Yellow Bird’s-nest)
10 Jul 2005	OSGR: SU78	51° 40’ N, 0° 60’ W	Vice County: Oxon (VC 23)	England
under large Beech

3: Hypopitys monotropa (Yellow Bird’s-nest)
6 Aug 1978	OSGR: SU94	51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W	Vice County: Surrey (VC 17)	England


4: Hypopitys monotropa (Yellow Bird’s-nest)
3 Aug 1970	OSGR: TQ15	51° 20’ N, 0° 20’ W	Vice County: Surrey (VC 17)	England

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Davis, S.	2004	Yellow Bird’s-nest	Vol 15, No. 6 Page: 386
	Henrici, A	2008	Notes and Records (Oct 2008)	Field Mycology Vol 9 (4): 139-141.

Hypopitys monotropa (Yellow Bird’s-nest) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hypopitys monotropa (Yellow Bird’s-nest)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hypopitys monotropa (Yellow Bird’s-nest)

An achlorophyllous plant which is parasitic on ectomycorrhiza of Tricholoma species, especially T. cingulatum with Salix and T. terreum with Pinus, although it is also found under Beech and other trees.

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hypopitys monotropa is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)