Thelephora terrestris Ehrh.
(Earthfan)

Interactions where Thelephora terrestris 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
mycelium mycelium is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/Ireland Eucalyptus gunnii Cider Gum Myrtales: Myrtaceae A few exotic mycorrhizal fungi dominate eucalypts planted in England, Pennington, H.G., Bidartondo, M.I. & Barsoum, N., 2011
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Thelephorales/Thelephoraceae/Thelephora terrestris/Thelephora terrestrisearthfanmycelium Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Eucalyptus gunnii/Eucalyptus gunniicider gumliveroot
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/IrelandCaptivity Pinus patula Mexican Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Mycorrhizal fungi, Watling, R., 1980
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Thelephorales/Thelephoraceae/Thelephora terrestris/Thelephora terrestrisearthfanfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus patula/Pinus patulaMexican pineliveroot Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/IrelandCaptivity Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Mycorrhizal fungi, Watling, R., 1980
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Thelephorales/Thelephoraceae/Thelephora terrestris/Thelephora terrestrisearthfanfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pineliveroot Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/IrelandCaptivity Pinus strobus Weymouth Pine, Eastern White Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Mycorrhizal fungi, Watling, R., 1980
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Thelephorales/Thelephoraceae/Thelephora terrestris/Thelephora terrestrisearthfanfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus strobus/Pinus strobusWeymouth pine, eastern white pineliveroot Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/IrelandCaptivity Pinus wallichiana Bhutan Pine, Blue Pine, Himalayan White Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Mycorrhizal fungi, Watling, R., 1980
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Thelephorales/Thelephoraceae/Thelephora terrestris/Thelephora terrestrisearthfanfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus wallichiana/Pinus wallichianaBhutan pine, blue pine, himalayan white pineliveroot Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced

Author & YearTitleSource
Pennington, H.G., Bidartondo, M.I. & Barsoum, N., 2011A few exotic mycorrhizal fungi dominate eucalypts planted in EnglandFungEcol Vol 04 (4): 299-302.
Watling, R., 1980Mycorrhizal fungiBull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 14 (1): 59-62.

Thelephora terrestris (Earthfan) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Thelephora terrestris (Earthfan) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThelephora terrestris (Earthfan)
GenusThelephora (earthfans)
FamilyTHELEPHORACEAE (a family of basidiomycete fungi)
OrderTHELEPHORALES (an order of basidiomycete fungi)
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 Thelephora terrestris (Earthfan)

Thelephora terrestris (Earthfan) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Thelephora terrestris (Earthfan):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 28 images of Thelephora terrestris (Earthfan)

A ground-hugging, fan-shaped basidiomycete fungus that is commonly found in pine woods and on heathland. It is generally ectomycorrhizal with pine (Pinus).

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