Psathyrella (brittlestem toadstools)

Interactions where Psathyrella 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
		is galled by larva			Drosophila phalerata	a fruit fly	Diptera: Drosophilidae	Gall development in Fungi, Evans, R.E., 1979	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Drosophilidae/Drosophila phalerata/	Drosophila phalerata	a fruit fly				larva	Fungus / gall			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Psathyrella/	Psathyrella	brittlestem toadstools	?							larva causes galls on

Author & Year	Title	Source
Evans, R.E., 1979	Gall development in Fungi	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 13 (2): 131-132.

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Psathyrella (brittlestem 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	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Psathyrella ammophila Dune Brittlestem	Species		1 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella artemisiae Petticoat Brittlestem	Species	2 subtaxa	3 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella atomatoides Solitary Brittlestem	Species		3 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella bipellis a brittlestem	Species			1 references
Psathyrella candolleana Pale Brittlestem	Species		2 trophisms	2 references
Psathyrella caput-medusae Medusa Brittlestem	Species		6 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella cernua a toadstool	Species		2 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella clivensis a brittlestem	Species		1 trophisms
Psathyrella corrugis Red Edge Brittlestem	Species		7 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella cotonea Yellowfoot Brittlestem	Species		18 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella dunensis a brittlestem	Species		1 trophisms
Psathyrella fatua a brittlestem	Species		2 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella fimiseda (A Brittlestem Toadstool)	Species		1 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella flexispora a brittlestem	Species		4 trophisms
Psathyrella frustulenta a brittlestem	Species		9 trophisms
Psathyrella fulvescens a brittlestem	Species	2 subtaxa	2 trophisms
Psathyrella fusca a brittlestem	Species		1 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella gossypina a brittlestem	Species		2 trophisms	2 references
Psathyrella hirta a brittlestem	Species		2 trophisms
Psathyrella laevissima Slender Stump Brittlestem	Species		12 trophisms
Psathyrella leucotephra a brittlestem	Species		7 trophisms
Psathyrella lutensis a brittlestem	Species		7 trophisms
Psathyrella maculata Spotted Brittlestem	Species		4 trophisms
Psathyrella melanthina	Species		1 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella merdicola (A Brittlestem Toadstool)	Species		1 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella microrhiza Rootlet Brittlestem	Species		2 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella mucrocystis a brittlestem	Species		1 trophisms
Psathyrella murcida a brittlestem	Species		2 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella noli-tangere a brittlestem	Species		1 trophisms
Psathyrella obtusata a brittlestem	Species	2 subtaxa	4 trophisms
Psathyrella olympiana a toadstool	Species		2 trophisms
Psathyrella orbitarum a brittlestem	Species		1 trophisms
Psathyrella panaeoloides a brittlestem	Species		1 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella pellucidipes a brittlestem	Species		1 trophisms
Psathyrella pennata a brittlestem	Species		1 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella pertinax a brittlestem	Species		2 trophisms
Psathyrella pervelata a fungus	Species			1 references
Psathyrella phegophila a brittlestem	Species		2 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella piluliformis Common Stump Brittlestem	Species		15 trophisms
Psathyrella potteri a brittlestem	Species		2 trophisms
Psathyrella prona a brittlestem	Species	1 subtaxa	1 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella pseudocasca a brittlestem	Species		1 trophisms
Psathyrella pseudocorrugis a brittlestem	Species		3 trophisms
Psathyrella pseudogordonii a brittlestem	Species		3 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella pseudogracilis a brittlestem	Species		1 trophisms
Psathyrella pygmaea Pygmy Brittlestem	Species		3 trophisms	2 references
Psathyrella rostellata a brittlestem	Species		8 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella saponacea Dung Brittlestem	Species		2 trophisms
Psathyrella scatophila a brittlestem	Species		3 trophisms	2 references
Psathyrella senex a brittlestem	Species		5 trophisms
Psathyrella spadicea Chestnut Brittlestem	Species		6 trophisms
Psathyrella spadiceogrisea Spring Brittlestem	Species		2 trophisms
Psathyrella sphaerocystis a brittlestem	Species		3 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella sphagnicola a brittlestem	Species		1 trophisms
Psathyrella spintrigeroides a brittlestem	Species		1 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella stercoraria a brittlestem	Species		3 trophisms	1 references
Psathyrella suavissima a brittlestem	Species		2 trophisms
Psathyrella sylvestris sensu Konrad & Maublanc (1948) & sensu Moser (1955) a brittlestem	Species		4 trophisms
Psathyrella tenuicola a brittlestem	Species		5 trophisms
Psathyrella tephrophylla a brittlestem	Species		2 trophisms
Psathyrella typhae a brittlestem	Species		10 trophisms
Psathyrella vinosofulva a brittlestem	Species		1 trophisms
Psathyrella vyrnwyensis a brittlestem	Species		1 trophisms
[Psathyrella cernua/olympiana] a pair of brittlestem toadstools	Informal	2 subtaxa	4 trophisms	1 references
[Psathyrella corrugis agg.] a pair of brittlestem toadstools	Informal	2 subtaxa	8 trophisms	1 references

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Psathyrella (brittlestem toadstools)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cullington, P.	2006	Psathyrella species with a red gill edge	Field Mycology Vol 7 (3): 93-99.
	Hausknecht, A.	1997	Some rare Agaricales with brown or darker spores	Fungi Non Delineati Pars II.
	Kits van Waveren, E.	1987	* Additions to our monograph on Psathyrella *(Superseded)	Persoonia, Vol 13, Part 3, pp 327-368 Persoonia Vol 13, Part3: 327-368.
	Kits van Waveren, E.	1985	* The Dutch, French and British Species of Psathyrella *(Superseded)	Persoonia Supplement, Vol 2, 300pp, Rijksherbarium, Leiden
	Melzer, A.	2013	The genus Psathyrella in Europe	www.vielepilze.de/selten/psat/epsat.html
	Melzer, A.	2013	The genus Psathyrella in Europe	http://www.vielepilze.de/selten/psat/epsat.html
Coprophilous Species
	Larsson, E. & Orstadius, L.	2008	Fourteen coprophilous species of Psathyrella identified in the Nordic countries using morphology and nuclear rDNA sequence data	Mycol. Res. 112 (10): 1165-1185.
Sect. Spadiceae
	Vasutova, M.	2008	Taxonomic studies on Psathyrella sect. Spadiceae	Czech Mycology vol 60(2): 137-171.

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

PSATHYRELLACEAE
(a family of inkcap and brittlestem 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))

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Psathyrella (Fr.) Quél.
(brittlestem toadstools)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Psathyrella is also a member of:

Identification Works

Coprophilous Species

Sect. Spadiceae

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)

Genus	Psathyrella (brittlestem toadstools)
Family	PSATHYRELLACEAE (a family of inkcap and brittlestem 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)