Stagnicola perplexa (P.D. Orton) Redhead & A.H. Sm.
(Puzzling Rootshank)

Interactions where Stagnicola perplexa 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 buried (often deeply) woodchip UK/IrelandRestricted Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form) Caledonian Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Fungi of Northern Pine and Birch woods, Orton, P.D., 1986
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Stagnicola perplexa/Stagnicola perplexapuzzling rootshankfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form)/Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form)Caledonian pineburied (often deeply)woodchipSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Orton, P.D., 1986Fungi of Northern Pine and Birch woodsBull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 20 (2): 130-145.

Stagnicola perplexa (Puzzling Rootshank) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Stagnicola perplexa (Puzzling Rootshank) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStagnicola perplexa (Puzzling Rootshank)
GenusStagnicola (Bot.) (a genus of fungi)
FamilySTROPHARIACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stagnicola perplexa (Puzzling Rootshank)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Orton, P.D. 1977 Notes on British Agarics V Kew Bulletin Vol 31 (3): 709-721.

Stagnicola perplexa (Puzzling Rootshank) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Stagnicola perplexa (Puzzling Rootshank):

Vulnerable

VU/D2

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