Ganoderma P. Karst.
(a genus of bracket fungi)

Interactions where Ganoderma 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').

Filters:

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
(dead, decayed)		dead, decayed fruitbody is decayed by fruitbody			Stypella subhyalina	a jelly fungus	Auriculariales	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/Auriculariales/Stypella subhyalina/	Stypella subhyalina	a jelly fungus				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma/	Ganoderma	a genus of bracket fungi		dead, decayed		fruitbody	Rare			fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed fruitbody
(dead, decayed)		dead, decayed fruitbody is decayed by fruitbody			Sistotrema sernanderi	a basidiomycete fungus	Cantharellales: Hydnaceae	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/Cantharellales/Hydnaceae/Sistotrema sernanderi/	Sistotrema sernanderi	a basidiomycete fungus				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma/	Ganoderma	a genus of bracket fungi		dead, decayed		fruitbody	Rare			fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed fruitbody
(dead, fallen, decayed)		dead, fallen, decayed bracket (large) is decayed by fruitbody			Trechispora stevensonii	a basidiomycete fungus	Trechisporales: Hydnodontaceae	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/Trechisporales/Hydnodontaceae/Trechispora stevensonii/	Trechispora stevensonii	a basidiomycete fungus				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma/	Ganoderma	a genus of bracket fungi		dead, fallen, decayed		bracket (large)				fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed bracket (large)
(decaying)		decaying basidiome is decayed by sclerotium			Collybia cookei	Splitpea Shanklet	Agaricales: Tricholomataceae	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/Tricholomataceae/Collybia cookei/	Collybia cookei	splitpea shanklet				sclerotium	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma/	Ganoderma	a genus of bracket fungi		decaying		basidiome				sclerotium is saprobic on decaying basidiome
(mummified)		mummified basidiome is decayed by sclerotium			Collybia cookei	Splitpea Shanklet	Agaricales: Tricholomataceae	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/Tricholomataceae/Collybia cookei/	Collybia cookei	splitpea shanklet				sclerotium	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma/	Ganoderma	a genus of bracket fungi		mummified		basidiome				sclerotium is saprobic on mummified basidiome
fruitbody		fruitbody may contain larva			Cis bidentatus	a small fungus beetle	Coleoptera: Ciidae	The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact, Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Cis bidentatus/	Cis bidentatus	a small fungus beetle				larva	Fungus / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma/	Ganoderma	a genus of bracket fungi			fruitbody					larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody		fruitbody may contain larva			Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle	Coleoptera: Ciidae	The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact, Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Cis bilamellatus/	Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle				larva	Fungus / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma/	Ganoderma	a genus of bracket fungi			fruitbody					larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody		fruitbody may contain larva			Cis castaneus	a small fungus beetle	Coleoptera: Ciidae	The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact, Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Cis castaneus/	Cis castaneus	a small fungus beetle				larva	Fungus / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma/	Ganoderma	a genus of bracket fungi			fruitbody		Major			larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody		fruitbody may contain larva			Ennearthron cornutum	a small fungus beetle	Coleoptera: Ciidae	The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact, Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Ennearthron cornutum/	Ennearthron cornutum	a small fungus beetle				larva	Fungus / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma/	Ganoderma	a genus of bracket fungi			fruitbody					larva feeds within fruitbody

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
Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010	The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact	Biological Invasions Vol 12: 515-530.

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Ganoderma adspersum Southern Bracket				Species		30 trophisms	2 references
Ganoderma applanatum Artist’s Bracket				Species		43 trophisms	1 references
Ganoderma carnosum a bracket fungus				Species		1 trophisms	1 references
Ganoderma lucidum Lacquered Bracket				Species		60 trophisms	5 references
Ganoderma pfeifferi Beeswax Bracket				Species		12 trophisms	3 references
Ganoderma resinaceum a bracket fungus				Species		6 trophisms	2 references

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Ganoderma (a genus of bracket fungi)
Family	GANODERMATACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
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)

Ganoderma 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 Ganoderma (a genus of bracket fungi)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Pegler, D.N. & Young, T.W.K.	1973	Basidiospore form in the British species of Ganoderma Karts	Kew Bulletin Vol 28 (3): 351-363+6 plates.

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

GANODERMATACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

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))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Hong, S.G. & Jung, H.S.	2004	Phylogenetic analysis of Ganoderma based on nearly complete mitochondrial small-subunit ribosomal DNA sequences	Mycologia Vol 96 (4): 742-755.

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

GANODERMATACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

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))

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