Pappia fissilis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Zmitr.
(Greasy Bracket)

Interactions where Pappia fissilis 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 large, dead, standing trunk			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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Pappia fissilis/	Pappia fissilis	greasy bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		large, dead, standing	trunk
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on large, fallen 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 Profiles of Fungi No. 50: Aurantioporus alborubescens (Bourdot & Galzin) Jahn, Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., 1993	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Pappia fissilis/	Pappia fissilis	greasy bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		large, fallen	trunk		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on large stump			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 Profiles of Fungi No. 50: Aurantioporus alborubescens (Bourdot & Galzin) Jahn, Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., 1993	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Pappia fissilis/	Pappia fissilis	greasy bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		large	stump		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on large, dead, standing 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 Profiles of Fungi No. 50: Aurantioporus alborubescens (Bourdot & Galzin) Jahn, Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., 1993	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Pappia fissilis/	Pappia fissilis	greasy bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		large, dead, standing	trunk
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on large, dead, standing trunk			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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Pappia fissilis/	Pappia fissilis	greasy bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		large, dead, standing	trunk
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on large, fallen trunk			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Pappia fissilis/	Pappia fissilis	greasy bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		large, fallen	trunk
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on large stump			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Pappia fissilis/	Pappia fissilis	greasy bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		large	stump
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on large, dead, standing trunk			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Pappia fissilis/	Pappia fissilis	greasy bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		large, dead, standing	trunk
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on large, dead, standing trunk			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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Pappia fissilis/	Pappia fissilis	greasy bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		large, dead, standing	trunk
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on large, dead, standing trunk			Liriodendron tulipifera	Tulip Tree, Tulip-tree	Magnoliales: Magnoliaceae	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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Pappia fissilis/	Pappia fissilis	greasy bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Magnoliales/Magnoliaceae/Liriodendron tulipifera/	Liriodendron tulipifera	tulip tree, tulip-tree		large, dead, standing	trunk

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
Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., 1993	Profiles of Fungi No. 50: Aurantioporus alborubescens (Bourdot & Galzin) Jahn	Mycologist Vol 07 (1): 15.

Pappia fissilis (Greasy Bracket) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pappia fissilis (Greasy Bracket) may 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))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pappia fissilis (Greasy Bracket)
Family	MERULIACEAE (rosette 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)

Pappia fissilis 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 Pappia fissilis (Greasy Bracket)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ainsworth, M.	2004	Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs	Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature
	Ainsworth, M.	2004	Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs	Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature
	Ainsworth, M.	2004	Mycoacia nothofagi and Aurantioporus alborubescens	Vol 15, No. 6 Page: 442
	Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W.	1993	Profiles of Fungi No. 50: Aurantioporus alborubescens (Bourdot & Galzin) Jahn	Mycologist Vol 07 (1): 15.
	Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W.	1993	Profiles of Fungi No. 50: Aurantioporus alborubescens (Bourdot & Galzin) Jahn	Mycologist Vol 07 (1): 15.

Pappia fissilis (Greasy Bracket) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MERULIACEAE
(rosette 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))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pappia fissilis (Greasy Bracket):

MERULIACEAE
(rosette 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))

Rare

VU/B

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