Steccherinum ochraceum (Pers.) Gray
(a resupinate spine fungus)

Interactions where Steccherinum ochraceum 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 dead, fallen, decayed			Ulex europaeus	Gorse, Furze, Whin	Fabales: Fabaceae	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/Steccherinum ochraceum/	Steccherinum ochraceum	a resupinate spine fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex europaeus/	Ulex europaeus	gorse, furze, whin		dead, fallen, decayed			Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick			Betula pendula	Silver Birch	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/Steccherinum ochraceum/	Steccherinum ochraceum	a resupinate spine fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula pendula/	Betula pendula	silver birch		dead, fallen, decayed	stick		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed twig			Betula pendula	Silver Birch	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/Steccherinum ochraceum/	Steccherinum ochraceum	a resupinate spine fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula pendula/	Betula pendula	silver birch		dead, fallen, decayed	twig		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick			Corylus	hazels	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/Steccherinum ochraceum/	Steccherinum ochraceum	a resupinate spine fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus/	Corylus	hazels		dead, fallen, decayed	stick		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed twig			Corylus	hazels	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/Steccherinum ochraceum/	Steccherinum ochraceum	a resupinate spine fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus/	Corylus	hazels		dead, fallen, decayed	twig		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick			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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Steccherinum ochraceum/	Steccherinum ochraceum	a resupinate spine fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, fallen, decayed	stick		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed twig			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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Steccherinum ochraceum/	Steccherinum ochraceum	a resupinate spine fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, fallen, decayed	twig		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick			Quercus robur	Pedunculate Oak	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/Steccherinum ochraceum/	Steccherinum ochraceum	a resupinate spine fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus robur/	Quercus robur	pedunculate oak		dead, fallen, decayed	stick		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed twig			Quercus robur	Pedunculate Oak	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/Steccherinum ochraceum/	Steccherinum ochraceum	a resupinate spine fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus robur/	Quercus robur	pedunculate oak		dead, fallen, decayed	twig		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick			Buddleja davidii	Butterfly Bush, Butterfly-bush	Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae	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/Steccherinum ochraceum/	Steccherinum ochraceum	a resupinate spine fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Buddleja davidii/	Buddleja davidii	butterfly bush, butterfly-bush		dead, fallen, decayed	stick		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed twig			Buddleja davidii	Butterfly Bush, Butterfly-bush	Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae	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/Steccherinum ochraceum/	Steccherinum ochraceum	a resupinate spine fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Buddleja davidii/	Buddleja davidii	butterfly bush, butterfly-bush		dead, fallen, decayed	twig		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick			Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore, Great Maple	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	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/Steccherinum ochraceum/	Steccherinum ochraceum	a resupinate spine fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/	Acer pseudoplatanus	sycamore, great maple		dead, fallen, decayed	stick		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed twig			Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore, Great Maple	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	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/Steccherinum ochraceum/	Steccherinum ochraceum	a resupinate spine fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/	Acer pseudoplatanus	sycamore, great maple		dead, fallen, decayed	twig		Minor

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

Steccherinum ochraceum (a resupinate spine fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Steccherinum ochraceum (a resupinate spine fungus) 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	Steccherinum ochraceum (a resupinate spine fungus)
Genus	Steccherinum (a genus of resupinate spine fungi)
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)

Steccherinum ochraceum 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 Steccherinum ochraceum (a resupinate spine fungus)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Dickson, G.	2000	A field key to British non-resupinate hydnoid fungi	Field Mycology Vol 1 (3): 99-104, rear cover.

Steccherinum ochraceum (a resupinate spine fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Steccherinum
(a genus of resupinate spine fungi)

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 Steccherinum ochraceum (a resupinate spine fungus):

Steccherinum
(a genus of resupinate spine fungi)

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))

BioImages

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A small resupinate spine fungus that feeds on fallen twigs of a variety of tree species, but especially Beech (Fagus sylvatica)

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