Horn Of Plenty

Food Chain

Food Chain

Symbiosis with beech and oak, receiving energy from sun, water, nutrients. Fungus fruit body eaten by man, fungal flies, viruses, parasites, mites, larvae, eelworms and is infected by bacteria. To produce a fungus body the mycelium requires a good level of moisture and require a preparation time of 2 to 10 days to form a fruit body. As soon as first appear, others will follow in a few hours. They remain in good condition for many weeks if not attacked by flies, bacteria, Some appear annually, but may be missing for several years.

Collated by James M. Burton as part of H.N.D. course at Pencoed
Agricultural College. Taxanomical information correct as of 06:06:97.