Pluteus (shield toadstools)

Interactions where Pluteus 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
fruitbody		fruitbody is parasitised by effuse colony of Mycogone anamorph			Mycogone perniciosa	Mycogone Disease Of Mushrooms - causative organism	Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Mycogone perniciosa/	Mycogone perniciosa	Mycogone disease of mushrooms (causative organism)		effuse	colony	Mycogone anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Pluteaceae/Pluteus/	Pluteus	shield toadstools			fruitbody					effuse colony of Mycogone anamorph parasitises fruitbody

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Pluteus (shield toadstools) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pluteus (shield toadstools) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

Subtaxon	Rank	No of interactions	No of references
Pluteus atromarginatus Blackedged Shield	Species	2 trophisms
Pluteus aurantiorugosus Orange Shield Cap, Flame Shield	Species	10 trophisms	4 references
Pluteus cervinus Deer Shield, Fawn Pluteus	Species	2 trophisms	6 references
Pluteus chrysophaeus Yellow Shield	Species	7 trophisms	3 references
Pluteus cinereofuscus Ashen Shield	Species	2 trophisms	1 references
Pluteus diettrichii a shield	Species	2 trophisms
Pluteus ephebeus Sooty Shield	Species	2 trophisms	3 references
Pluteus exiguus a shield	Species	2 trophisms
Pluteus griseoluridus a shield	Species	2 trophisms	1 references
Pluteus hispidulus Fleecy Shield	Species	4 trophisms
Pluteus inquilinus a shield	Species	3 trophisms
Pluteus insidiosus a shield	Species	3 trophisms	1 references
Pluteus leoninus Lion Shield	Species	5 trophisms
Pluteus luctuosus a shield	Species	8 trophisms
Pluteus nanus Dwarf Shield	Species	3 trophisms
Pluteus pellitus Ghost Shield	Species	10 trophisms	1 references
Pluteus petasatus Scaly Shield	Species	24 trophisms	1 references
Pluteus phlebophorus Wrinkled Shield	Species	25 trophisms
Pluteus plautus Satin Shield	Species	2 trophisms	2 references
Pluteus podospileus a shield	Species	17 trophisms
Pluteus pouzarianus Conifer Shield	Species	3 trophisms	3 references
Pluteus pseudorobertii a shield	Species	1 trophisms
Pluteus robertii a shield	Species	3 trophisms
Pluteus romellii Goldleaf Shield	Species	5 trophisms	3 references
Pluteus salicinus Willow Shield	Species	12 trophisms	1 references
Pluteus satur a shield	Species	1 trophisms
Pluteus thomsonii Veined Shield	Species	12 trophisms	2 references
Pluteus umbrosus Velvet Shield	Species	24 trophisms	3 references
Pluteus (unidentified) Unidentified Shield Toadstools	Unidentified

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pluteus (shield toadstools)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Iliffe, R.	2010	Getting to grips with Pluteus	Field Mycology Vol 11 (3): 78-92, rear cover.
	Kibby, G, Burnham, A. & Henrici, A.	2010	Some problems with the genus Pluteus	Field Mycology Vol 11 (3): 93-100.
	Orton, P.D.	1960	* New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti - Part III: Notes on genera and species in the list *(Superseded)	TBMS Vol 43 (2): 159-439.
Section Hispidoderma
	Ferisin, G. & Dovana, F.	2019	Il genere Pluteus, sezione Hispidoderma	Rivista Micologica Romana Vol 1: 23-51.

Pluteus (shield toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PLUTEACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 470 images of Pluteus (shield toadstools)

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Pluteus Fr.
(shield toadstools)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Pluteus is also a member of:

Identification Works

Section Hispidoderma

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)

Genus	Pluteus (shield toadstools)
Family	PLUTEACEAE (a family of toadstools)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
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)