Castanea sativa Mill.
(Sweet Chestnut)

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

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

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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 grazed by larva Minor Thaumetopoea processionea Oak Processionary Lepidoptera: Notodontidae Oak Processionary Moth Pest Risk Analysis, Evans, H.F., 2008
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Notodontidae/Thaumetopoea processionea/Thaumetopoea processioneaoak processionarylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutMinor larva grazes on
wood-chips may house adult Minor Aradus aterrimus a flat bark bug Hemiptera: Aradidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aradus aterrimus/Aradus aterrimusa flat bark bugadult Plant / resting place / among /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutwood-chipsMinor adult may be found among wood-chips
wood-chips may house nymph Minor Aradus aterrimus a flat bark bug Hemiptera: Aradidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aradus aterrimus/Aradus aterrimusa flat bark bugnymph Plant / resting place / among /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutwood-chipsMinor nymph may be found among wood-chips
is parasitised by UK/IrelandMinor Erysiphe alphitoides Oak Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
The occurrence of perithecia of the Oak Mildew in Britain., Robertson, N. & Macfarlane, I., 1946
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe alphitoides/Erysiphe alphitoidesoak mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutMinor parasitises
litter is decayed by colony of Phaeostalagmus dematiaceous anamorph Phaeostalagmus tenuissimus a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Phaeostalagmus tenuissimus/Phaeostalagmus tenuissimusa dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyPhaeostalagmus dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutlitter colony of Phaeostalagmus dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on litter
is foodplant of erumpent, wart-like, surrounded by torn peridium, pseudolocellate stroma of Cytodiplospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Cytodiplospora castaneae a coelomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytodiplospora castaneae/Cytodiplospora castaneaea coelomyceteerumpent, wart-like, surrounded by torn peridium, pseudolocellatestromaCytodiplospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnut erumpent, wart-like, surrounded by torn peridium, pseudolocellate stroma of Cytodiplospora coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
is associate of superficial, scattered or gregarious perithecium UK/Ireland Cosmospora wegeliniana a pyrenomycete Hypocreales: Nectriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Cosmospora wegeliniana/Cosmospora wegelinianaa pyrenomycetesuperficial, scattered or gregariousperithecium Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnut (2)superficial, scattered or gregarious perithecium is associated with
is decayed by superficial stroma UK/IrelandRare Daldinia concentrica King Alfred’S Cake, Cramp-ball Xylariales: Xylariaceae Daldinia concentrica versus Daldinia vernicosa, Whalley, A.J.S. & Watling, R., 1980
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Daldinia concentrica/Daldinia concentricaKing Alfred’s cake, cramp-ballsuperficialstroma Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutRare superficial stroma is saprobic on
is associate of fruitbody UK/Ireland Hebeloma aestivale a poisonpie Agaricales: Cortinariaceae 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/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Hebeloma aestivale/Hebeloma aestivalea poisonpiefruitbody Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnut fruitbody is associated with
is associate of fruitbody Minor Flammulaster granulosus a toadstool Agaricales: Inocybaceae 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/Agaricales/Inocybaceae/Flammulaster granulosus/Flammulaster granulosusa toadstoolfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutMinor fruitbody is associated with
may be infected and damaged by [Armillaria mellea s.l.] honey fungi Agaricales: Physalacriaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria mellea s.l./Armillaria mellea s.l.honey fungi Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnut infects and damages
is associate of hypogeous fruitbody Major Hymenogaster vulgaris Common Nut Truffle Agaricales: Strophariaceae 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/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Hymenogaster vulgaris/Hymenogaster vulgariscommon nut trufflehypogeousfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutMajor hypogeous fruitbody is associated with
is decayed by epigeous fruitbody Minor Melanogaster ambiguus Stinking Slime Truffle Boletales: Paxillaceae 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/Boletales/Paxillaceae/Melanogaster ambiguus/Melanogaster ambiguusstinking slime truffleepigeousfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutMinor epigeous fruitbody is saprobic on
is associate of fruitbody Minor Hydnum repandum Wood Hedgehog, Hedgehog Fungus Cantharellales: Hydnaceae 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/Cantharellales/Hydnaceae/Hydnum repandum/Hydnum repandumwood hedgehog, hedgehog fungusfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutMinor fruitbody is associated with
bark (young shoot) bark (young shoot) is foodplant of subcutaneous pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Diplodina castaneae a coelomycete Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Diplodina castaneae/Diplodina castaneaea coelomycetesubcutaneouspycnidiumDiplodina coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutbark (young shoot) subcutaneous pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph feeds on bark (young shoot)
bark bark is decayed by Oidiodendron dematiaceous anamorph Oidiodendron tenuissimum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Onygenales: Myxotrichaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Myxotrichaceae/Oidiodendron tenuissimum/Oidiodendron tenuissimuma dematiaceous anamorphic fungusOidiodendron dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutbark (1-12)Oidiodendron dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on bark
bark bark is decayed by effuse colony of Trichocladium dematiaceous anamorph Trichocladium opacum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Sordariales: Chaetomiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Trichocladium opacum, Kirk, P.M., 1994
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Chaetomiaceae/Trichocladium opacum/Trichocladium opacuma dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyTrichocladium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutbark effuse colony of Trichocladium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on bark
bark (cankered) cankered bark is swollen by mycelium UK/IrelandQuestionable Phytophthora ramorum Sudden Oak Death - causative organism, SOD Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Phytophthora ramorum: one pathogen and many diseases, an emerging threat to forest ecosystems and ornamental plant life, Appiah, A., Jennings, P., & Turner, J.A., 2004
Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of sudden oak death or ramorum leaf blight and dieback, Henricot, B. & Prior, C., 2004
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora ramorum/Phytophthora ramorumsudden oak death (causative organism), SODmycelium Foodplant / false gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnut?cankeredbark mycelium causes swelling of cankered bark
bark (dead) dead bark is decayed by stalked, soon disintegrating apothecium Sclerophora pallida a lichen Coniocybaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Coniocybaceae/Sclerophora pallida/Sclerophora pallidaa lichenstalked, soon disintegratingapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbark (10-3)stalked, soon disintegrating apothecium is saprobic on dead bark
bark (dead) dead bark is decayed by erumpent, becoming superficial apothecium Stictis friabilis a discomycete Ostropales: Stictidaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Ostropales/Stictidaceae/Stictis friabilis/Stictis friabilisa discomyceteerumpent, becoming superficialapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbark (6-9)erumpent, becoming superficial apothecium is saprobic on dead bark
bark (dead) dead bark is decayed by densely scattered, covered then erumpent stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Cytospora ceratophora a stromatic coelomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora ceratophora/Cytospora ceratophoraa stromatic coelomycetedensely scattered, covered then erumpentstromaCytospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbark (9-5)densely scattered, covered then erumpent stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead bark
bark (rotten) rotten bark is decayed by effuse colony of Brachysporium dematiaceous anamorph Brachysporium bloxamii a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Trichosphaeriales: Trichosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Trichosphaeriales/Trichosphaeriaceae/Brachysporium bloxamii/Brachysporium bloxamiia dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyBrachysporium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottenbark effuse colony of Brachysporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotten bark
bark (rotten) rotten bark is decayed by effuse colony of Brachysporium dematiaceous anamorph Brachysporium britannicum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Trichosphaeriales: Trichosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Trichosphaeriales/Trichosphaeriaceae/Brachysporium britannicum/Brachysporium britannicuma dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyBrachysporium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottenbark effuse colony of Brachysporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotten bark
bark (rotten) rotten bark is decayed by effuse colony of Brachysporium dematiaceous anamorph Brachysporium masonii a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Trichosphaeriales: Trichosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Trichosphaeriales/Trichosphaeriaceae/Brachysporium masonii/Brachysporium masoniia dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyBrachysporium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottenbark effuse colony of Brachysporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotten bark
bark (rotten) rotten bark is decayed by effuse colony of Brachysporium dematiaceous anamorph Brachysporium nigrum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Trichosphaeriales: Trichosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Trichosphaeriales/Trichosphaeriaceae/Brachysporium nigrum/Brachysporium nigruma dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyBrachysporium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottenbark effuse colony of Brachysporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotten bark
branch (large) (dead, fallen, decayed) dead, fallen, decayed branch (large) is decayed by fruitbody Minor Simocybe sumptuosa Velvet Twiglet Agaricales: Inocybaceae 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/Agaricales/Inocybaceae/Simocybe sumptuosa/Simocybe sumptuosavelvet twigletfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallen, decayedbranch (large)Minor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (large)
branch branch may be infected and damaged by embedded, stromatic perithecium UK/IrelandMajorCaptivity Cryphonectria parasitica Chestnut Blight - causative organism Diaporthales: Cryphonectriaceae Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission
Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/Cryphonectria parasiticachestnut blight (causative organism)embedded, stromaticperithecium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutbranchMajor Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedembedded, stromatic perithecium infects and damages branch
branch branch may be infected and damaged by embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph UK/IrelandMajorCaptivity Cryphonectria parasitica Chestnut Blight - causative organism Diaporthales: Cryphonectriaceae Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission
Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/Cryphonectria parasiticachestnut blight (causative organism)embedded, stromaticcryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutbranchMajor Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedembedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages branch
branch branch is decayed by subgregarious to densely scattered, covered then erumpent, blackish grey with paler roundish flat disc stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Cytospora populina a valsoid pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora populina/Cytospora populinaa valsoid pyrenomycetesubgregarious to densely scattered, covered then erumpent, blackish grey with paler roundish flat discstromaCytospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutbranch (10-5)subgregarious to densely scattered, covered then erumpent, blackish grey with paler roundish flat disc stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on branch
branch branch is decayed by erumpent stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph Valsa ceratosperma a valsoid pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa ceratosperma/Valsa ceratospermaa valsoid pyrenomyceteerumpentstromaCytospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutbranch (11-3)erumpent stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on branch
branch branch is decayed by immersed, in groups of about 10 perithecium Valsa ceratosperma a valsoid pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa ceratosperma/Valsa ceratospermaa valsoid pyrenomyceteimmersed, in groups of about 10perithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutbranch (11-3)immersed, in groups of about 10 perithecium is saprobic on branch
branch (dead, attached) dead, attached branch is decayed by fruitbody UK/Ireland Peniophora reidii a resupinate fungus Russulales: Peniophoraceae 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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Peniophora reidii/Peniophora reidiia resupinate fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, attachedbranch fruitbody is saprobic on dead, attached branch
branch (dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back) dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back branch is decayed by widely effused stroma Diatrype stigma Common Tarcrust Xylariales: Diatrypaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Diatrypaceae/Diatrype stigma/Diatrype stigmacommon tarcrustwidely effusedstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decorticate or with bark rolling backbranch (1-12)widely effused stroma is saprobic on dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back branch
branch (dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back) dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back branch is decayed by stromatic, immersed perithecium Diatrype stigma Common Tarcrust Xylariales: Diatrypaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Diatrypaceae/Diatrype stigma/Diatrype stigmacommon tarcruststromatic, immersedperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decorticate or with bark rolling backbranch (1-12)stromatic, immersed perithecium is saprobic on dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back branch
branch (dead, decorticate, attached) dead, decorticate, attached branch is decayed by fruitbody UK/IrelandRare Vuilleminia comedens Waxy Crust Corticiales: Corticiaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
British Vuilleminia species, Morris, I. & Roberts, P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Corticiales/Corticiaceae/Vuilleminia comedens/Vuilleminia comedenswaxy crustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decorticate, attachedbranchRare fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decorticate, attached branch
branch (dead, fallen, decayed) dead, fallen, decayed branch is decayed by fruitbody Minor Skeletocutis nivea Hazel Bracket Polyporales: Polyporaceae 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/Polyporaceae/Skeletocutis nivea/Skeletocutis niveahazel bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallen, decayedbranchMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch
branch (dead, fallen) dead, fallen branch is decayed by stalked apothecium Hymenoscyphus calyculus a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus calyculus/Hymenoscyphus calyculusa discomycetestalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallenbranch (6-12)stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen branch
branch (dead, fallen) dead, fallen branch is decayed by erumpent through bark stroma Biscogniauxia mediterranea a stromatic ascomycete Xylariales: Xylariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Biscogniauxia: a genus of latent invaders, Nugent, L.K., Sihanonth, P., Thienhirun, S. & Whalley, A.J.S., 2005
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Biscogniauxia mediterranea/Biscogniauxia mediterraneaa stromatic ascomyceteerumpent through barkstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallenbranch (3)erumpent through bark stroma is saprobic on dead, fallen branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by effuse colony of Ceratosporella dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Ceratosporella stipitata a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Ceratosporella stipitata/Ceratosporella stipitataa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyCeratosporella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch effuse colony of Ceratosporella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by pulvinate or conical, erumpent, reddish-brown stroma of Fusicoccum coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Fusicoccum castaneum a stromatic coelomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Fusicoccum castaneum/Fusicoccum castaneuma stromatic coelomycetepulvinate or conical, erumpent, reddish-brownstromaFusicoccum coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch (5-10)pulvinate or conical, erumpent, reddish-brown stroma of Fusicoccum coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by solitary, erumpent pseudothecium Dothidotthia celtidis an ascomycete Pleosporales: Dothidotthiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Dothidotthiaceae/Dothidotthia celtidis/Dothidotthia celtidisan ascomycetesolitary, erumpentpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch solitary, erumpent pseudothecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by sessile apothecium Mollisia cinerea Common Grey Disco Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia cinerea/Mollisia cinereacommon grey discosessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch (1-12)sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by sessile apothecium Mollisia ligni a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia ligni/Mollisia lignia discomycetesessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch (1-12)sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by sessile apothecium Minor Mollisia ramealis a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia ramealis/Mollisia ramealisa discomycetesessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranchMinor (5-12)sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by apothecium Dematioscypha dematiicola a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Dematioscypha dematiicola/Dematioscypha dematiicolaa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch (10-4)apothecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by effuse colony of Haplographium dematiaceous anamorph Dematioscypha dematiicola a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Dematioscypha dematiicola/Dematioscypha dematiicolaa discomyceteeffusecolonyHaplographium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch (1-12)effuse colony of Haplographium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by clustered, erumpent perithecium UK/Ireland Cryptodiaporthe castanea Javart Disease (Of Sweet Chestnut) Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Cryptodiaporthe castanea/Cryptodiaporthe castaneaJavart disease (of sweet chestnut)clustered, erumpentperithecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch (10-11)clustered, erumpent perithecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Cryptodiaporthe castanea Javart Disease (Of Sweet Chestnut) Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Cryptodiaporthe castanea/Cryptodiaporthe castaneaJavart disease (of sweet chestnut)Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch (5-10)Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by stroma Pseudovalsa modonia a stromatic pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Pseudovalsaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Pseudovalsaceae/Pseudovalsa modonia/Pseudovalsa modoniaa stromatic pyrenomycetestroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch (2-3)stroma is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by acervulus of Coryneum coelomycetous anamorph Pseudovalsa modonia a stromatic pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Pseudovalsaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Pseudovalsaceae/Pseudovalsa modonia/Pseudovalsa modoniaa stromatic pyrenomyceteacervulusCoryneum coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch (2-3)acervulus of Coryneum coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by immersed, grouped, stromatic perithecium Pseudovalsa modonia a stromatic pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Pseudovalsaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Pseudovalsaceae/Pseudovalsa modonia/Pseudovalsa modoniaa stromatic pyrenomyceteimmersed, grouped, stromaticperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch (2-3)immersed, grouped, stromatic perithecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by superficial stroma Hypocrea argillacea a stromatic pyrenomycete Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypocrea argillacea/Hypocrea argillaceaa stromatic pyrenomycetesuperficialstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch (10-3)superficial stroma is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by containing 20 to 30 perithecia stroma Pseudovalsaria foedans a valsoid pyrenomycete Xylariales: Clypeosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Clypeosphaeriaceae/Pseudovalsaria foedans/Pseudovalsaria foedansa valsoid pyrenomycetecontaining 20 to 30 peritheciastroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch (4-5)containing 20 to 30 perithecia stroma is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by immersed, stromatic, in groups of 20-30 perithecium Pseudovalsaria foedans a valsoid pyrenomycete Xylariales: Clypeosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Clypeosphaeriaceae/Pseudovalsaria foedans/Pseudovalsaria foedansa valsoid pyrenomyceteimmersed, stromatic, in groups of 20-30perithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch (4-5)immersed, stromatic, in groups of 20-30 perithecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by stroma Minor Eutypa maura a stromatic pyrenomycete Xylariales: Diatrypaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Diatrypaceae/Eutypa maura/Eutypa mauraa stromatic pyrenomycetestroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranchMinor (3-4)stroma is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by stroma UK/IrelandMinor Hypoxylon howeanum a stromatic pyrenomycete Xylariales: Xylariaceae Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies, Anderson, R., 2008
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon howeanum/Hypoxylon howeanuma stromatic pyrenomycetestroma Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranchMinor (1-4)stroma is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by Geniculosporium anamorph UK/IrelandMinor Hypoxylon howeanum a stromatic pyrenomycete Xylariales: Xylariaceae Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies, Anderson, R., 2008
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon howeanum/Hypoxylon howeanuma stromatic pyrenomyceteGeniculosporium anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranchMinor (1-4)Geniculosporium anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by thin, often poorly developed stroma Minor Nemania confluens a stromatic pyrenomycete Xylariales: Xylariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Nemania confluens/Nemania confluensa stromatic pyrenomycetethin, often poorly developedstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranchMinor (10-4)thin, often poorly developed stroma is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by Nodulisporium anamorph Minor Nemania confluens a stromatic pyrenomycete Xylariales: Xylariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Nemania confluens/Nemania confluensa stromatic pyrenomyceteNodulisporium anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranchMinor Nodulisporium anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by partly immersed, weakly stromatic perithecium Minor Nemania confluens a stromatic pyrenomycete Xylariales: Xylariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Nemania confluens/Nemania confluensa stromatic pyrenomycetepartly immersed, weakly stromaticperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranchMinor (10-4)partly immersed, weakly stromatic perithecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by superficial or erumpent stroma Nemania serpens a stromatic pyrenomycete Xylariales: Xylariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Nemania serpens/Nemania serpensa stromatic pyrenomycetesuperficial or erumpentstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch superficial or erumpent stroma is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by effuse colony of Geniculosporium dematiaceous anamorph Nemania serpens a stromatic pyrenomycete Xylariales: Xylariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Nemania serpens/Nemania serpensa stromatic pyrenomyceteeffusecolonyGeniculosporium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadbranch effuse colony of Geniculosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (fallen, dead) fallen, dead branch is decayed by perithecium Minor Chaetosphaeria callimorpha a pyrenomycete Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria callimorpha/Chaetosphaeria callimorphaa pyrenomyceteperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfallen, deadbranchMinor (10-5)perithecium is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen, dead) fallen, dead branch is decayed by Codinaea anamorph Minor Chaetosphaeria callimorpha a pyrenomycete Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria callimorpha/Chaetosphaeria callimorphaa pyrenomyceteCodinaea anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfallen, deadbranchMinor (10-5)Codinaea anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen, dead) fallen, dead branch is decayed by perithecium Chaetosphaeria innumera a pyrenomycete Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria innumera/Chaetosphaeria innumeraa pyrenomyceteperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfallen, deadbranch (9-5)perithecium is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen, dead) fallen, dead branch is decayed by colony of Catenularia dematiaceous anamorph Chaetosphaeria innumera a pyrenomycete Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria innumera/Chaetosphaeria innumeraa pyrenomycetecolonyCatenularia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfallen, deadbranch (9-5)colony of Catenularia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen, dead) fallen, dead branch is decayed by colony of Catenularia dematiaceous anamorph Chaetosphaeria myriocarpa a pyrenomycete Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria myriocarpa/Chaetosphaeria myriocarpaa pyrenomycetecolonyCatenularia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfallen, deadbranch (1-12)colony of Catenularia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen, dead) fallen, dead branch is decayed by perithecium Chaetosphaeria myriocarpa a pyrenomycete Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria myriocarpa/Chaetosphaeria myriocarpaa pyrenomyceteperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfallen, deadbranch (1-12)perithecium is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen, dead) fallen, dead branch is decayed by colony of Chloridium dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Chaetosphaeria preussii a pyrenomycete Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria preussii/Chaetosphaeria preussiia pyrenomycetecolonyChloridium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfallen, deadbranch (11-5)colony of Chloridium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen, dead) fallen, dead branch is decayed by colony of Phaeostalagmus dematiaceous anamorph Phaeostalagmus cyclosporus a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Phaeostalagmus cyclosporus/Phaeostalagmus cyclosporusa dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyPhaeostalagmus dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfallen, deadbranch (1-12)colony of Phaeostalagmus dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen, dead) fallen, dead branch is decayed by effuse colony of Phaeotrichosphaeria dematiaceous anamorph Phaeotrichosphaeria britannica a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Xylariales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Phaeotrichosphaeria britannica/Phaeotrichosphaeria britannicaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPhaeotrichosphaeria dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfallen, deadbranch (9-4)effuse colony of Phaeotrichosphaeria dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen) fallen branch is decayed by effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Pseudospiropes obclavatus a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Helotiales: Helotiaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Pseudospiropes obclavatus/Pseudospiropes obclavatusa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfallenbranch effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen branch
branch (fallen) fallen branch is decayed by erumpent apothecium Minor Bulgaria inquinans Black Bulgar Leotiales: Bulgariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Leotiales/Bulgariaceae/Bulgaria inquinans/Bulgaria inquinansblack bulgarerumpentapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfallenbranchMinor (10-4)erumpent apothecium is saprobic on fallen branch
branch (fallen) fallen branch is decayed by colony of Phaeostalagmus dematiaceous anamorph Phaeostalagmus tenuissimus a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Phaeostalagmus tenuissimus/Phaeostalagmus tenuissimusa dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyPhaeostalagmus dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfallenbranch colony of Phaeostalagmus dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen branch
branch (fallen) fallen branch is decayed by effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph Endophragmiella biseptata a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Sordariales: Helminthosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Helminthosphaeriaceae/Endophragmiella biseptata/Endophragmiella biseptataa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyEndophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfallenbranch effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen branch
branch (live, cankered) live, cankered branch may be infected and damaged by UK/Ireland Cryptodiaporthe castanea Javart Disease (Of Sweet Chestnut) Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Cryptodiaporthe castanea/Cryptodiaporthe castaneaJavart disease (of sweet chestnut) Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutlive, cankeredbranch infects and damages live, cankered branch
branch (live, decorticate) live, decorticate branch is decayed by fruitbody UK/IrelandRare Vuilleminia comedens Waxy Crust Corticiales: Corticiaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
British Vuilleminia species, Morris, I. & Roberts, P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Corticiales/Corticiaceae/Vuilleminia comedens/Vuilleminia comedenswaxy crustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutlive, decorticatebranchRare fruitbody is saprobic on live, decorticate branch
branch (old, dead, decorticate) old, dead, decorticate branch is decayed by fruitbody Foreign Xylobolus frustulatus a basidiomycete fungus Russulales: Stereaceae Contribution to chorology of Xylobolus frustulatus in Poland, Stasinska, M., 2008
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Xylobolus frustulatus/Xylobolus frustulatusa basidiomycete fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutold, dead, decorticatebranch fruitbody is saprobic on old, dead, decorticate branch
cambium cambium may contain larva Dryocoetes villosus a bark or ambrosia beetle Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dryocoetes villosus/Dryocoetes villosusa bark or ambrosia beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutcambium larva feeds within cambium
cambium cambium may contain larva Scolytus intricatus Oak Bark Beetle Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Scolytus intricatus/Scolytus intricatusoak bark beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutcambium larva feeds within cambium
cambium cambium may contain larva Xyleborinus saxesenii an ambrosia beetle Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Xyleborinus saxesenii/Xyleborinus saxeseniian ambrosia beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutcambium larva feeds within cambium
cambium cambium may contain larva Xyleborus dryographus Ambrosia Beetle Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Xyleborus dryographus/Xyleborus dryographusambrosia beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutcambium larva feeds within cambium
cambium (live) live cambium may contain larva Xyleborus dispar Shot-hole Borer Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Xyleborus dispar/Xyleborus disparshot-hole borerlarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutlivecambium larva feeds within live cambium
collar (necrotic) necrotic collar may be infected and damaged by UK/Ireland Phytophthora cambivora a blight (a cause of Ink Disease) Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in Europe, Brasier, C., 1999
Phytophthora cambivora causing ink disease of sweet chestnut recorded in the Czech Republic, Cerny, K. et al, 2008
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cambivora/Phytophthora cambivoraa blight (a cause of Ink Disease) Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutnecroticcollar infects and damages necrotic collar
collar (necrotic) necrotic collar may be infected and damaged by UK/Ireland Phytophthora cinnamomi a blight (a cause of Ink Disease) Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in Europe, Brasier, C., 1999
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cinnamomi/Phytophthora cinnamomia blight (a cause of Ink Disease) Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutnecroticcollar infects and damages necrotic collar
cupule (inner surface) (decaying) decaying cupule (inner surface) is decayed by subiculate apothecium Arachnopeziza aranea a discomycete Helotiales: Arachnopezizaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Arachnopezizaceae/Arachnopeziza aranea/Arachnopeziza araneaa discomycetesubiculateapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdecayingcupule (inner surface) (9-11)subiculate apothecium is saprobic on decaying cupule (inner surface)
cupule (spine) (decaying) decaying cupule (spine) is decayed by stalked apothecium Dasyscyphella castaneicola a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Dasyscyphella castaneicola/Dasyscyphella castaneicolaa discomycetestalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdecayingcupule (spine) (10-12)stalked apothecium is saprobic on decaying cupule (spine)
cupule (stalk) (dead, fallen) dead, fallen cupule (stalk) is decayed by sessile apothecium Hymenoscyphus humuli a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus humuli/Hymenoscyphus humulia discomycetesessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallencupule (stalk) (11)sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen cupule (stalk)
cupule spine cupule spine is decayed by apothecium Hyaloscypha zalewskii a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Hyaloscypha zalewskii/Hyaloscypha zalewskiia discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutcupule spine apothecium is saprobic on cupule spine
cupule spine cupule spine is decayed by effuse colony of Clathrosphaerina anamorph Hyaloscypha zalewskii a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Hyaloscypha zalewskii/Hyaloscypha zalewskiia discomyceteeffusecolonyClathrosphaerina anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutcupule spine effuse colony of Clathrosphaerina anamorph is saprobic on cupule spine
cupule spine cupule spine is decayed by effuse colony of Phialocephala dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Phialocephala fumosa a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microascales: Ceratocystidaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Ceratocystidaceae/Phialocephala fumosa/Phialocephala fumosaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPhialocephala dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutcupule spine effuse colony of Phialocephala dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on cupule spine
cupule spine cupule spine is decayed by effuse colony of Phialocephala dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Phialocephala truncata a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microascales: Ceratocystidaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Ceratocystidaceae/Phialocephala truncata/Phialocephala truncataa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPhialocephala dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutcupule spine effuse colony of Phialocephala dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on cupule spine
cupule spine (dead) dead cupule spine is decayed by short stalked apothecium Hyalopeziza spinicola a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Hyalopeziza spinicola/Hyalopeziza spinicolaa discomyceteshort stalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadcupule spine (11)short stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead cupule spine
cupule spine (decaying) decaying cupule spine is decayed by effuse colony of Anavirga dematiaceous anamorph Anavirga laxa a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Helotiales: Vibrisseaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Vibrisseaceae/Anavirga laxa/Anavirga laxaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyAnavirga dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdecayingcupule spine effuse colony of Anavirga dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on decaying cupule spine
cupule spine (rotting) rotting cupule spine is decayed by effuse colony of Pleurotheciopsis dematiaceous anamorph Pleurotheciopsis pusilla a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pleurotheciopsis pusilla/Pleurotheciopsis pusillaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPleurotheciopsis dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottingcupule spine effuse colony of Pleurotheciopsis dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotting cupule spine
cupule spine (rotting) rotting cupule spine is decayed by effuse colony of Scolecobasidium anamorph UK/Ireland Scolecobasidium echinophilum an anamorphic fungus Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Scolecobasidium echinophilum/Scolecobasidium echinophiluman anamorphic funguseffusecolonyScolecobasidium anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottingcupule spine effuse colony of Scolecobasidium anamorph is saprobic on rotting cupule spine
cupule cupule is foodplant of Rhabdospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Rhabdospora acantophila a coelomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Rhabdospora acantophila/Rhabdospora acantophilaa coelomyceteRhabdospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutcupule Rhabdospora coelomycetous anamorph feeds on cupule
cupule cupule is decayed by apothecium Phaeohelotium flexuosum a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Phaeohelotium flexuosum/Phaeohelotium flexuosuma discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutcupule (10-7)apothecium is saprobic on cupule
cupule cupule is decayed by stalked apothecium Hyaloscypha fuscostipitata a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Hyaloscypha fuscostipitata/Hyaloscypha fuscostipitataa discomycetestalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutcupule (7-10)stalked apothecium is saprobic on cupule
cupule cupule is decayed by effuse colony of Clathrosphaerina anamorph Hyaloscypha zalewskii a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Hyaloscypha zalewskii/Hyaloscypha zalewskiia discomyceteeffusecolonyClathrosphaerina anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutcupule effuse colony of Clathrosphaerina anamorph is saprobic on cupule
cupule cupule is decayed by effuse colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph Menispora britannica a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Menispora britannica/Menispora britannicaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyMenispora dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutcupule (9-11)effuse colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on cupule
cupule cupule is decayed by effuse colony of Phialocephala dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Phialocephala fumosa a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microascales: Ceratocystidaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Ceratocystidaceae/Phialocephala fumosa/Phialocephala fumosaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPhialocephala dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutcupule effuse colony of Phialocephala dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on cupule
cupule (dead, fallen) dead, fallen cupule is decayed by sessile apothecium Hymenoscyphus humuli a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus humuli/Hymenoscyphus humulia discomycetesessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallencupule (11)sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen cupule
cupule (decaying) decaying cupule is decayed by effuse colony of Candelabrum anamorph Candelabrum spinulosum an anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Candelabrum spinulosum/Candelabrum spinulosuman anamorphic funguseffusecolonyCandelabrum anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdecayingcupule effuse colony of Candelabrum anamorph is saprobic on decaying cupule
cupule (decaying) decaying cupule is decayed by effuse colony of Anavirga dematiaceous anamorph Anavirga laxa a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Helotiales: Vibrisseaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Vibrisseaceae/Anavirga laxa/Anavirga laxaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyAnavirga dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdecayingcupule effuse colony of Anavirga dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on decaying cupule
cupule (decaying) decaying cupule is decayed by colony of Chalara dematiaceous anamorph Chalara a genus of anamorphic fungi Microascales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Chalara/Chalaraa genus of anamorphic fungicolonyChalara dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdecayingcupule colony of Chalara dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on decaying cupule
cupule (old fallen, locally blackened) old fallen, locally blackened cupule is decayed by stalked apothecium Lanzia echinophila Hairy Nuts Disco Helotiales: Rutstroemiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rutstroemiaceae/Lanzia echinophila/Lanzia echinophilahairy nuts discostalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutold fallen, locally blackenedcupule (10-11)stalked apothecium is saprobic on old fallen, locally blackened cupule
cupule (old fallen) old fallen cupule is decayed by long-stalked apothecium Ciboria americana a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Ciboria americana/Ciboria americanaa discomycetelong-stalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutold fallencupule (9-11)long-stalked apothecium is saprobic on old fallen cupule
cupule (old, fallen) old, fallen cupule is decayed by sessile, superficial apothecium UK/Ireland Gorgoniceps charnwoodensis a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Some new discomycete species: 5, Graddon, W.D., 1980
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Gorgoniceps charnwoodensis/Gorgoniceps charnwoodensisa discomycetesessile, superficialapothecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutold, fallencupule sessile, superficial apothecium is saprobic on old, fallen cupule
cupule (old) old cupule is decayed by colony of Chalara dematiaceous anamorph Chalara aurea a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microascales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Chalara aurea/Chalara aureaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyChalara dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutoldcupule colony of Chalara dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on old cupule
cupule (old) old cupule is decayed by colony of Chalara dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Chalara cylindrica a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microascales Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Chalara cylindrica/Chalara cylindricaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyChalara dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutoldcupule colony of Chalara dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on old cupule
cupule (rotting) rotting cupule is decayed by effuse colony of Tricladium anamorph UK/Ireland Tricladium castaneicola an anamorphic fungus Helotiales: Helotiaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Tricladium castaneicola/Tricladium castaneicolaan anamorphic funguseffusecolonyTricladium anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottingcupule effuse colony of Tricladium anamorph is saprobic on rotting cupule
cupule (rotting) rotting cupule is decayed by effuse colony of Pleurotheciopsis dematiaceous anamorph Pleurotheciopsis pusilla a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pleurotheciopsis pusilla/Pleurotheciopsis pusillaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPleurotheciopsis dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottingcupule effuse colony of Pleurotheciopsis dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotting cupule
cupule (rotting) rotting cupule is decayed by effuse colony of Polyscytalum dematiaceous anamorph Polyscytalum fecundissimum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Polyscytalum fecundissimum/Polyscytalum fecundissimuma dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPolyscytalum dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottingcupule effuse colony of Polyscytalum dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotting cupule
cupule (rotting) rotting cupule is decayed by Pseudomicrodochium anamorph UK/IrelandMajor Pseudomicrodochium aciculare an anamorphic fungus Hypocreales Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Pseudomicrodochium aciculare/Pseudomicrodochium acicularean anamorphic fungusPseudomicrodochium anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottingcupuleMajor (7-10)Pseudomicrodochium anamorph is saprobic on rotting cupule
cupule (rotting) rotting cupule is decayed by Pseudomicrodochium anamorph UK/Ireland Pseudomicrodochium cylindricum an anamorphic fungus Hypocreales Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Pseudomicrodochium cylindricum/Pseudomicrodochium cylindricuman anamorphic fungusPseudomicrodochium anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottingcupule Pseudomicrodochium anamorph is saprobic on rotting cupule
debris debris is decayed by Botrytis cinerea-type dematiaceous anamorph Botryotinia fuckeliana a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia fuckeliana/Botryotinia fuckelianaa discomyceteBotrytis cinerea-type dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdebris Botrytis cinerea-type dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on debris
fruit (decaying) decaying fruit is decayed by effuse colony of Anavirga dematiaceous anamorph Anavirga laxa a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Helotiales: Vibrisseaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Vibrisseaceae/Anavirga laxa/Anavirga laxaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyAnavirga dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdecayingfruit effuse colony of Anavirga dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on decaying fruit
fruit (esp. imported) esp. imported fruit may be infected and damaged by effuse colony of Acrospeira dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Acrospeira mirabilis a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Acrospeira mirabilis/Acrospeira mirabilisa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyAcrospeira dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutesp. importedfruit effuse colony of Acrospeira dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages esp. imported fruit
fruit (old fallen) old fallen fruit is decayed by long-stalked apothecium Ciboria americana a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Ciboria americana/Ciboria americanaa discomycetelong-stalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutold fallenfruit (9-11)long-stalked apothecium is saprobic on old fallen fruit
fruit (old) old fruit is decayed by effuse colony of Polyscytalum dematiaceous anamorph Polyscytalum fecundissimum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Polyscytalum fecundissimum/Polyscytalum fecundissimuma dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPolyscytalum dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutoldfruit effuse colony of Polyscytalum dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on old fruit
inside cupule inside cupule is decayed by stalked, sclerotial apothecium Botryotinia fuckeliana a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia fuckeliana/Botryotinia fuckelianaa discomycetestalked, sclerotialapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutinside cupule stalked, sclerotial apothecium is saprobic on inside cupule
inside cupule inside cupule is decayed by sclerotium Botryotinia fuckeliana a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia fuckeliana/Botryotinia fuckelianaa discomycetesclerotium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutinside cupule sclerotium is saprobic on inside cupule
leaf - mainly on vein (decaying) decaying leaf - mainly on vein is decayed by stalked apothecium Hymenoscyphus caudatus a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus caudatus/Hymenoscyphus caudatusa discomycetestalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdecayingleaf - mainly on vein (6-12)stalked apothecium is saprobic on decaying leaf - mainly on vein
leaf litter leaf litter is decayed by colony of Chalara dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Chalara cylindrica a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microascales Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Chalara cylindrica/Chalara cylindricaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyChalara dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutleaf litter colony of Chalara dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on leaf litter
leaf-litter leaf-litter is decayed by stalked apothecium Incrucipulum ciliare a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Incrucipulum ciliare/Incrucipulum ciliarea discomycetestalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutleaf-litter (7-10)stalked apothecium is saprobic on leaf-litter
leaf leaf is rolled by larva Attelabus nitens Oak Leaf-roller Coleoptera: Attelabidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Attelabidae/Attelabus nitens/Attelabus nitensoak leaf-rollerlarva Foodplant / roller /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutleaf larva rolls leaf
leaf leaf may be infected and damaged by mycelium UK/Ireland Phytophthora ramorum Sudden Oak Death - causative organism, SOD Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Phytophthora ramorum: one pathogen and many diseases, an emerging threat to forest ecosystems and ornamental plant life, Appiah, A., Jennings, P., & Turner, J.A., 2004
Foliar infection of sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) by Phytophthora ramorum in the UK, Denman, S. et al, 2005
Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of sudden oak death or ramorum leaf blight and dieback, Henricot, B. & Prior, C., 2004
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora ramorum/Phytophthora ramorumsudden oak death (causative organism), SODmycelium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutleaf mycelium infects and damages leaf
leaf (dead, decayed) dead, decayed leaf of litter is decayed by fruitbody Leucoagaricus georginae a dapperling Agaricales: Agaricaceae 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/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Leucoagaricus georginae/Leucoagaricus georginaea dapperlingfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayedleaflitter fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed leaf of litter
leaf (dead, fallen, rotting, greyed) dead, fallen, rotting, greyed leaf is decayed by amphigenous thyriothecium Microthyrium ilicinum a fly speck fungus Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Microthyrium ilicinum/Microthyrium ilicinuma fly speck fungusamphigenousthyriothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallen, rotting, greyedleaf (4-10)amphigenous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting, greyed leaf
leaf (dead, fallen, rotting) dead, fallen, rotting leaf is decayed by mostly epiphyllous thyriothecium Microthyrium microscopicum a fly speck fungus Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A reappraisal of Microthyriaceae, Wu, H.X., Schoch, C.L., Boonmee, S., Bahkali, A.H., Chomnunti, P. & Hyde, K.D., 2011
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Microthyrium microscopicum/Microthyrium microscopicuma fly speck fungusmostly epiphyllousthyriothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallen, rottingleaf (1-12)mostly epiphyllous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting leaf
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by hypophyllous apothecium Discohainesia oenotherae a discomycete Helotiales: Chaetomellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Chaetomellaceae/Discohainesia oenotherae/Discohainesia oenotheraea discomycetehypophyllousapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallenleaf (9-10)hypophyllous apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by erumpent, sessile apothecium Mollisia nervicola a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia nervicola/Mollisia nervicolaa discomyceteerumpent, sessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallenleaf (5-7)erumpent, sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by gregarious, sessile apothecium Phialina pseudopuberula a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Phialina pseudopuberula/Phialina pseudopuberulaa discomycetegregarious, sessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallenleaf (9-1)gregarious, sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by hypophyllous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia endophylla an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia endophylla/Ramularia endophyllaan ascomycetehypophyllouspycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadleaf hypophyllous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by immersed, becoming slightly erumpent through small slits pseudothecium Columnosphaeria fagi an ascomycete Dothideales: Saccotheciaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Saccotheciaceae/Columnosphaeria fagi/Columnosphaeria fagian ascomyceteimmersed, becoming slightly erumpent through small slitspseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadleaf (4-5)immersed, becoming slightly erumpent through small slits pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by subiculate apothecium Minor Arachnopeziza eriobasis a discomycete Helotiales: Arachnopezizaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Arachnopezizaceae/Arachnopeziza eriobasis/Arachnopeziza eriobasisa discomycetesubiculateapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadleafMinor (7-10)subiculate apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by short-stalked apothecium Crocicreas subhyalinum a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Crocicreas subhyalinum/Crocicreas subhyalinuma discomyceteshort-stalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadleaf (10-11)short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by sessile apothecium Minor Graddonidiscus coruscatus a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Graddonidiscus coruscatus/Graddonidiscus coruscatusa discomycetesessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadleafMinor (10-12)sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by apothecium Minor Pezizella roburnea a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Pezizella roburnea/Pezizella roburneaa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadleafMinor (9-2)apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by stalked apothecium Minor Rutstroemia sydowiana Oakleaf Cup Helotiales: Rutstroemiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rutstroemiaceae/Rutstroemia sydowiana/Rutstroemia sydowianaoakleaf cupstalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadleafMinor (8-12)stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by Botrytis cinerea-type dematiaceous anamorph Botryotinia fuckeliana a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia fuckeliana/Botryotinia fuckelianaa discomyceteBotrytis cinerea-type dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadleaf Botrytis cinerea-type dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by sclerotioid apothecium Minor Ciborinia hirtella a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Mycologist’s Diary, Robinson, K., 2007
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Ciborinia hirtella/Ciborinia hirtellaa discomycetesclerotioidapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadleafMinor (3-6)sclerotioid apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by embedded apothecium Minor Coccomyces dentatus a discomycete Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Coccomyces dentatus/Coccomyces dentatusa discomyceteembeddedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadleafMinor (11-4)embedded apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by immersed or partly immersed pycnidium of Coniella coelomycetous anamorph Coniella castaneicola a coelomycete Diaporthales: Schizoparmaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Schizoparmaceae/Coniella castaneicola/Coniella castaneicolaa coelomyceteimmersed or partly immersedpycnidiumConiella coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadleaf immersed or partly immersed pycnidium of Coniella coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Fusidium anamorph Major Fusidium griseum an anamorphic fungus Hypocreales: Nectriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusidium griseum/Fusidium griseuman anamorphic funguseffusecolonyFusidium anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadleafMajor (11-1)effuse colony of Fusidium anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by amphigenous conidioma of Discosia coelomycetous anamorph Discosia artocreas a coelomycete Xylariales: Amphisphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Discosia artocreas/Discosia artocreasa coelomyceteamphigenousconidiomaDiscosia coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadleaf (10-4)amphigenous conidioma of Discosia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (fading) fading leaf is decayed by hypophyllous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia endophylla an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia endophylla/Ramularia endophyllaan ascomycetehypophyllouspycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfadingleaf hypophyllous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on fading leaf
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, partly immersed, numerous, brownish-black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria castaneicola a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria castaneicola/Septoria castaneicolaa leaf-spot fungushypophyllous, partly immersed, numerous, brownish-blackpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfadingleaf (9-10)hypophyllous, partly immersed, numerous, brownish-black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (fallen, dead) fallen, dead leaf is decayed by conidioma of Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph Pilidium acerinum a coelomycete Helotiales: Chaetomellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Chaetomellaceae/Pilidium acerinum/Pilidium acerinuma coelomyceteconidiomaPilidium coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfallen, deadleaf (9-5)conidioma of Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by larva UK/Ireland Dryocosmus kuriphilus Chestnut Gall Wasp Hymenoptera: Cynipidae Oriental chestnut gall wasp, Woodland Trust
Pest Alert: Dryocosmus kuriphilus, DEFRA
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Dryocosmus kuriphilus/Dryocosmus kuriphiluschestnut gall wasplarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveleaf larva causes gall of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous UK/IrelandMinor Phyllactinia guttata Hazel Mildew, Hazelnut Powdery Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
Teaching Techniques for Mycology: 13. Functioning of cleistothecia in Phyllactinia guttata, Weber, R.W.S. & Webster, J., 2001
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Phyllactinia guttata/Phyllactinia guttatahazel mildew, hazelnut powdery mildewhypophyllous Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveleafMinor hypophyllous parasitises live leaf
leaf (living) living leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, partly immersed, numerous, brownish-black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria castaneicola a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria castaneicola/Septoria castaneicolaa leaf-spot fungushypophyllous, partly immersed, numerous, brownish-blackpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutlivingleaf (9-10)hypophyllous, partly immersed, numerous, brownish-black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on living leaf
leaf (overwintered, dead) overwintered, dead leaf is decayed by immersed, clypeate perithecium Apiosporopsis carpinea a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Melanconidaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Melanconidaceae/Apiosporopsis carpinea/Apiosporopsis carpineaa pyrenomyceteimmersed, clypeateperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutoverwintered, deadleaf immersed, clypeate perithecium is saprobic on overwintered, dead leaf
leaf (overwintered, fallen) overwintered, fallen leaf is decayed by hypophyllous, immersed pseudothecium Major Ramularia endophylla an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia endophylla/Ramularia endophyllaan ascomycetehypophyllous, immersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutoverwintered, fallenleafMajor (4-5)hypophyllous, immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on overwintered, fallen leaf
leaf (recently fallen) recently fallen leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Cylindrium anamorph Cylindrium aeruginosum an anamorphic fungus Hypocreales: Nectriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Cylindrium aeruginosum/Cylindrium aeruginosuman anamorphic funguseffusecolonyCylindrium anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrecently fallenleaf effuse colony of Cylindrium anamorph is saprobic on recently fallen leaf
leaf (rotting) rotting leaf is decayed by thread-like stroma Xylaria filiformis a stromatic pyrenomycete Xylariales: Xylariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Xylaria filiformis/Xylaria filiformisa stromatic pyrenomycetethread-likestroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottingleaf thread-like stroma is saprobic on rotting leaf
litter litter is decayed by apothecium Hymenoscyphus phyllogenus a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus phyllogenus/Hymenoscyphus phyllogenusa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutlitter (10-11)apothecium is saprobic on litter
litter litter is decayed by sessile or subsessile apothecium Phaeohelotium epiphyllum a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Phaeohelotium epiphyllum/Phaeohelotium epiphylluma discomycetesessile or subsessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutlitter (9-11)sessile or subsessile apothecium is saprobic on litter
log (dead, decayed) dead, decayed log is decayed by fruitbody Minor Gloiothele lactescens a basidiomycete Russulales: Peniophoraceae 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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/Gloiothele lactescensa basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayedlogMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log
log (dead, large, hard, decorticate) dead, large, hard, decorticate log is decayed by fruitbody Minor Hymenochaete rubiginosa Oak Curtain Crust Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae 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/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Hymenochaete rubiginosa/Hymenochaete rubiginosaoak curtain crustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, large, hard, decorticatelogMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, large, hard, decorticate log
log (old, dead, decorticate) Major old, dead, decorticate log is decayed by fruitbody Foreign Xylobolus frustulatus a basidiomycete fungus Russulales: Stereaceae Contribution to chorology of Xylobolus frustulatus in Poland, Stasinska, M., 2008
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Xylobolus frustulatus/Xylobolus frustulatusa basidiomycete fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutold, dead, decorticatelog fruitbody is saprobic on old, dead, decorticate log
petiole (decaying) decaying petiole is decayed by stalked apothecium Hymenoscyphus caudatus a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus caudatus/Hymenoscyphus caudatusa discomycetestalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdecayingpetiole (6-12)stalked apothecium is saprobic on decaying petiole
root bark (dead) dead root bark is decayed by stalked, soon disintegrating apothecium Sclerophora pallida a lichen Coniocybaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Coniocybaceae/Sclerophora pallida/Sclerophora pallidaa lichenstalked, soon disintegratingapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadroot bark (10-3)stalked, soon disintegrating apothecium is saprobic on dead root bark
root (dead) dead root is decayed by fruitbody Grifola frondosa Hen Of The Woods Polyporales: Meripilaceae 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/Meripilaceae/Grifola frondosa/Grifola frondosahen of the woodsfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadroot fruitbody is saprobic on dead root
root (exposed) exposed root of fallen is foodplant of larva Pachytodes cerambyciformis Speckled Longhorn Beetle Coleoptera: Cerambycidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Pachytodes cerambyciformis/Pachytodes cerambyciformisspeckled longhorn beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutexposedrootfallen larva feeds on exposed root of fallen
root (live) live root is mycorrhizal host of fruitbody Minor Elaphomyces granulatus False Truffle, Hart’s Truffle, Granulated Elaphomyces Eurotiales: Elaphomycetaceae British Hypogeous Fungi, Hawker, L.E., 1954
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Eurotiales/Elaphomycetaceae/Elaphomyces granulatus/Elaphomyces granulatusfalse truffle, hart's truffle, granulated elaphomycesfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootMinor fruitbody is mycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/IrelandQuestionable Amanita virosa Destroying Angel Agaricales: Amanitaceae 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/Agaricales/Amanitaceae/Amanita virosa/Amanita virosadestroying angelfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/IrelandQuestionable Cortinarius cinnamomeoluteus a toadstool Agaricales: Cortinariaceae 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/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius cinnamomeoluteus/Cortinarius cinnamomeoluteusa toadstoolfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/IrelandQuestionableMinor Cortinarius semisanguineus Surprise Webcap Agaricales: Cortinariaceae 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/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius semisanguineus/Cortinarius semisanguineussurprise webcapfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootMinor fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/IrelandQuestionableMinor Cortinarius delibutus Yellow Webcap Agaricales: Cortinariaceae 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/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius delibutus/Cortinarius delibutusyellow webcapfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootMinor fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/IrelandQuestionable Cortinarius stillatitius Purple Stocking Webcap Agaricales: Cortinariaceae 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/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius stillatitius/Cortinarius stillatitiuspurple stocking webcapfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/IrelandQuestionable Cortinarius infractus Bitter Webcap Agaricales: Cortinariaceae 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/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius infractus/Cortinarius infractusbitter webcapfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/IrelandQuestionable Cortinarius lucorum a webcap Agaricales: Cortinariaceae 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/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius lucorum/Cortinarius lucoruma webcapfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/IrelandQuestionable Cortinarius pearsonii a webcap Agaricales: Cortinariaceae 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/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius pearsonii/Cortinarius pearsoniia webcapfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody QuestionableMajor Inocybe xanthomelas a toadstool Agaricales: Inocybaceae 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/Agaricales/Inocybaceae/Inocybe xanthomelas/Inocybe xanthomelasa toadstoolfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootMajor fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Questionable Inocybe obscurobadia a toadstool Agaricales: Inocybaceae 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/Agaricales/Inocybaceae/Inocybe obscurobadia/Inocybe obscurobadiaa toadstoolfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root may be infected and damaged by fruitbody Gymnopus fusipes Spindle Toughshank, Spindle Shank Agaricales: Omphalotaceae 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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus fusipes/Gymnopus fusipesspindle toughshank, spindle shankfruitbody Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody infects and damages live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody QuestionableMinor Tricholoma acerbum Bitter Knight Agaricales: Tricholomataceae 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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Tricholoma acerbum/Tricholoma acerbumbitter knightfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootMinor fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Boletus calopus Bitter Beech Bolete Boletales: Boletaceae Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus calopus/Boletus calopusbitter beech boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/Ireland Boletus legaliae Bilious Bolete Boletales: Boletaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus legaliae/Boletus legaliaebilious boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Boletus luridiformis Scarletina Bolete Boletales: Boletaceae Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus luridiformis/Boletus luridiformisscarletina boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/IrelandQuestionable Boletus luridiformis var luridiformis Scarletina Bolete Boletales: Boletaceae 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/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus luridiformis var. luridiformis/Boletus luridiformis var. luridiformisscarletina boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Boletus luridus Lurid Bolete Boletales: Boletaceae Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus luridus/Boletus luriduslurid boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/IrelandQuestionableQuestionable Boletus regius Royal Bolete Boletales: Boletaceae 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/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus regius/Boletus regiusroyal boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnut?liveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/Ireland Boletus reticulatus Summer Bolete Boletales: Boletaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus reticulatus/Boletus reticulatussummer boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody QuestionableMinor Leccinum aurantiacum Orange Oak Bolete, Orange Bolete Boletales: Boletaceae Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Leccinum aurantiacum/Leccinum aurantiacumorange oak bolete, orange boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootMinor fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/Ireland Phylloporus pelletieri Golden-gilled Bolete Boletales: Boletaceae The Genus Xerocomus - A personal view with a key to the British species, Hills, A.E., 2008
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/Boletales/Boletaceae/Phylloporus pelletieri/Phylloporus pelletierigolden-gilled boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Major Tylopilus felleus Bitter Bolete Boletales: Boletaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Tylopilus felleus/Tylopilus felleusbitter boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootMajor fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Xerocomus communis a bolete Boletales: Boletaceae Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Xerocomus communis/Xerocomus communisa boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody QuestionableMinor Gyroporus castaneus Chestnut Bolete Boletales: Gyroporaceae 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/Boletales/Gyroporaceae/Gyroporus castaneus/Gyroporus castaneuschestnut boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootMinor fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Questionable Gyroporus cyanescens Cornflower Bolete Boletales: Gyroporaceae 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/Boletales/Gyroporaceae/Gyroporus cyanescens/Gyroporus cyanescenscornflower boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Questionable Paxillus involutus Brown Rollrim, Poison Pax, "The Silent Killer" Boletales: Paxillaceae 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/Boletales/Paxillaceae/Paxillus involutus/Paxillus involutusbrown rollrim, poison pax, "the silent killer"fruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is mycorrhizal host of fruitbody Minor Coltricia perennis Tiger’s Eye Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae 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/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Coltricia perennis/Coltricia perennistiger's eyefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootMinor fruitbody is mycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is parasitised by fruitbody Grifola frondosa Hen Of The Woods Polyporales: Meripilaceae 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/Meripilaceae/Grifola frondosa/Grifola frondosahen of the woodsfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody parasitises live root
root (live) live root is parasitised by fruitbody Major Sparassis spathulata a cauliflower fungus Polyporales: Sparassidaceae 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/Sparassidaceae/Sparassis spathulata/Sparassis spathulataa cauliflower fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootMajor fruitbody parasitises live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody QuestionableMinor Russula cyanoxantha Charcoal Burner Russulales: Russulaceae 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/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula cyanoxantha/Russula cyanoxanthacharcoal burnerfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootMinor fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody QuestionableRare Russula melzeri Scurfy Brittlegill Russulales: Russulaceae 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/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula melzeri/Russula melzeriscurfy brittlegillfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootRare fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/IrelandQuestionable Russula pungens a brittlegill Russulales: Russulaceae 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/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula pungens/Russula pungensa brittlegillfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of Fruitbody Foreign Russula recondita a brittlegill Russulales: Russulaceae Analysis of morphological, ecological and molecular characters of Russula pectinatoides Peck and Russula praetervisa Sarnari, with a description of the new taxon Russula recondita Melera & Ostellari, Melera, S., Ostellari, C., Roemer, N., Avis, P.G.,Tonolla, M.,Barja, F. & Narduzzi-Wicht, B., 2017
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula recondita/Russula reconditaa brittlegillFruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot Fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Questionable Hydnellum concrescens Zoned Tooth Thelephorales: Bankeraceae 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/Thelephorales/Bankeraceae/Hydnellum concrescens/Hydnellum concrescenszoned toothfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Questionable Hydnellum scrobiculatum Ridged Tooth, Tooth Fungus Thelephorales: Bankeraceae 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/Thelephorales/Bankeraceae/Hydnellum scrobiculatum/Hydnellum scrobiculatumridged tooth, tooth fungusfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody QuestionableMinor Hydnellum spongiosipes Velvet Tooth Thelephorales: Bankeraceae 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/Thelephorales/Bankeraceae/Hydnellum spongiosipes/Hydnellum spongiosipesvelvet toothfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootMinor fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody QuestionableMajor Phellodon confluens Fused Tooth Thelephorales: Bankeraceae 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/Thelephorales/Bankeraceae/Phellodon confluens/Phellodon confluensfused toothfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootMajor fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Questionable Phellodon melaleucus Grey Tooth Thelephorales: Bankeraceae 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/Thelephorales/Bankeraceae/Phellodon melaleucus/Phellodon melaleucusgrey toothfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody QuestionableMajor Phellodon niger Black Tooth Thelephorales: Bankeraceae 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/Thelephorales/Bankeraceae/Phellodon niger/Phellodon nigerblack toothfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootMajor fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody QuestionableMajor Sarcodon regalis Crowned Tooth Thelephorales: Bankeraceae 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/Thelephorales/Bankeraceae/Sarcodon regalis/Sarcodon regaliscrowned toothfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootMajor fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody QuestionableMajor Sarcodon scabrosus Bitter Tooth Thelephorales: Bankeraceae 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/Thelephorales/Bankeraceae/Sarcodon scabrosus/Sarcodon scabrosusbitter toothfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutliverootMajor fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (necrotic) necrotic root may be infected and damaged by UK/Ireland Phytophthora cambivora a blight (a cause of Ink Disease) Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in Europe, Brasier, C., 1999
Phytophthora cambivora causing ink disease of sweet chestnut recorded in the Czech Republic, Cerny, K. et al, 2008
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cambivora/Phytophthora cambivoraa blight (a cause of Ink Disease) Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutnecroticroot infects and damages necrotic root
root (necrotic) necrotic root may be infected and damaged by UK/Ireland Phytophthora cinnamomi a blight (a cause of Ink Disease) Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in Europe, Brasier, C., 1999
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cinnamomi/Phytophthora cinnamomia blight (a cause of Ink Disease) Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutnecroticroot infects and damages necrotic root
shoot shoot may be infected and damaged by mycelium UK/Ireland Phytophthora ramorum Sudden Oak Death - causative organism, SOD Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Phytophthora ramorum: one pathogen and many diseases, an emerging threat to forest ecosystems and ornamental plant life, Appiah, A., Jennings, P., & Turner, J.A., 2004
Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of sudden oak death or ramorum leaf blight and dieback, Henricot, B. & Prior, C., 2004
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora ramorum/Phytophthora ramorumsudden oak death (causative organism), SODmycelium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutshoot mycelium infects and damages shoot
stick (dead, fallen, decayed) dead, fallen, decayed stick is decayed by fruitbody Minor Skeletocutis nivea Hazel Bracket Polyporales: Polyporaceae 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/Polyporaceae/Skeletocutis nivea/Skeletocutis niveahazel bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallen, decayedstickMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed stick
stump (large) (dead, decayed) dead, decayed stump (large) is decayed by fruitbody Major Omphalotus illudens Jack O’Lantern Agaricales: Omphalotaceae 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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Omphalotus illudens/Omphalotus illudensJack o’lanternfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayedstump (large)Major fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stump (large)
stump (large) (dead, decayed) dead, decayed stump (large) is decayed by clumped fruitbody Psathyrella cotonea Yellowfoot Brittlestem Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae 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/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Psathyrella cotonea/Psathyrella cotoneayellowfoot brittlestemclumpedfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayedstump (large) clumped fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stump (large)
stump (large) (dead, decayed) dead, decayed stump (large) is decayed by fruitbody Minor Trametes gibbosa Lumpy Bracket Polyporales: Polyporaceae 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/Polyporaceae/Trametes gibbosa/Trametes gibbosalumpy bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayedstump (large)Minor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stump (large)
stump (large) (dead, decayed) dead, decayed stump (large) is decayed by fruitbody Minor Gloiothele lactescens a basidiomycete Russulales: Peniophoraceae 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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/Gloiothele lactescensa basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayedstump (large)Minor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stump (large)
stump (large) (dead) dead stump (large) is decayed by fruitbody Meripilus giganteus Giant Polypore Polyporales: Meripilaceae 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/Meripilaceae/Meripilus giganteus/Meripilus giganteusgiant polyporefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadstump (large) fruitbody is saprobic on dead stump (large)
stump (large) (decayed, dead) decayed, dead stump (large) is decayed by caespitose fruitbody Kuehneromyces mutabilis Sheathed Woodtuft, Velvet Tough-shank Agaricales: Strophariaceae 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/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Kuehneromyces mutabilis/Kuehneromyces mutabilissheathed woodtuft, velvet tough-shankcaespitosefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdecayed, deadstump (large) caespitose fruitbody is saprobic on decayed, dead stump (large)
stump (dead, decaying) dead, decaying stump is decayed by fruitbody Minor Mycena maculata Stained Bonnet Agaricales: Mycenaceae 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena maculata/Mycena maculatastained bonnetfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayingstumpMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decaying stump
stump (dead, large, hard, decorticate) dead, large, hard, decorticate stump is decayed by fruitbody Minor Hymenochaete rubiginosa Oak Curtain Crust Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae 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/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Hymenochaete rubiginosa/Hymenochaete rubiginosaoak curtain crustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, large, hard, decorticatestumpMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, large, hard, decorticate stump
stump (old, dead, decorticate) old, dead, decorticate stump is decayed by fruitbody Foreign Xylobolus frustulatus a basidiomycete fungus Russulales: Stereaceae Contribution to chorology of Xylobolus frustulatus in Poland, Stasinska, M., 2008
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Xylobolus frustulatus/Xylobolus frustulatusa basidiomycete fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutold, dead, decorticatestump fruitbody is saprobic on old, dead, decorticate stump
trunk (base) trunk (base) may be infected and damaged by fruitbody Meripilus giganteus Giant Polypore Polyporales: Meripilaceae 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/Meripilaceae/Meripilus giganteus/Meripilus giganteusgiant polyporefruitbody Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnuttrunk (base) fruitbody infects and damages trunk (base)
trunk (esp. base) (live) live trunk (esp. base) is parasitised by fruitbody UK/Ireland Fuscoporia torulosa Tufted Bracket Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae 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/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Fuscoporia torulosa/Fuscoporia torulosatufted bracketfruitbody Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutlivetrunk (esp. base) fruitbody parasitises live trunk (esp. base)
trunk (large) (dead, fallen, decayed) dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) is decayed by fruitbody Minor Simocybe sumptuosa Velvet Twiglet Agaricales: Inocybaceae 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/Agaricales/Inocybaceae/Simocybe sumptuosa/Simocybe sumptuosavelvet twigletfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallen, decayedtrunk (large)Minor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large)
trunk (large) (dead, fallen, decayed) dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) is decayed by fruitbody Minor Trametes gibbosa Lumpy Bracket Polyporales: Polyporaceae 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/Polyporaceae/Trametes gibbosa/Trametes gibbosalumpy bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallen, decayedtrunk (large)Minor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large)
trunk (large) (dead, fallen, very decayed) dead, fallen, very decayed trunk (large) is decayed by fruitbody Minor Polyporus badius Bay Polypore Polyporales: Polyporaceae 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/Polyporaceae/Polyporus badius/Polyporus badiusbay polyporefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallen, very decayedtrunk (large)Minor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, very decayed trunk (large)
trunk (large) (dead) dead trunk (large) is decayed by fruitbody Meripilus giganteus Giant Polypore Polyporales: Meripilaceae 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/Meripilaceae/Meripilus giganteus/Meripilus giganteusgiant polyporefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadtrunk (large) fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk (large)
trunk (large) (decayed, dead, fallen) decayed, dead, fallen trunk (large) is decayed by caespitose fruitbody Kuehneromyces mutabilis Sheathed Woodtuft, Velvet Tough-shank Agaricales: Strophariaceae 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/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Kuehneromyces mutabilis/Kuehneromyces mutabilissheathed woodtuft, velvet tough-shankcaespitosefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdecayed, dead, fallentrunk (large) caespitose fruitbody is saprobic on decayed, dead, fallen trunk (large)
trunk trunk may be infected and damaged by embedded, stromatic perithecium UK/IrelandMajorCaptivity Cryphonectria parasitica Chestnut Blight - causative organism Diaporthales: Cryphonectriaceae Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission
Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/Cryphonectria parasiticachestnut blight (causative organism)embedded, stromaticperithecium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnuttrunkMajor Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedembedded, stromatic perithecium infects and damages trunk
trunk trunk may be infected and damaged by embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph UK/IrelandMajorCaptivity Cryphonectria parasitica Chestnut Blight - causative organism Diaporthales: Cryphonectriaceae Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission
Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/Cryphonectria parasiticachestnut blight (causative organism)embedded, stromaticcryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnuttrunkMajor Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedembedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages trunk
trunk trunk of old tree is parasitised by fruitbody Minor Laetiporus sulphureus Chicken Of The Woods, Sulphur Polypore Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/Laetiporus sulphureuschicken of the woods, sulphur polyporefruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnuttrunkold treeMinor fruitbody parasitises trunk of old tree
trunk (dead, decayed, fallen) dead, decayed, fallen trunk is decayed by fruitbody Major Omphalotus illudens Jack O’Lantern Agaricales: Omphalotaceae 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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Omphalotus illudens/Omphalotus illudensJack o’lanternfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayed, fallentrunkMajor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen trunk
trunk (dead, fallen, decayed) dead, fallen, decayed trunk is decayed by fruitbody Minor Gloiothele lactescens a basidiomycete Russulales: Peniophoraceae 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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Gloiothele lactescens/Gloiothele lactescensa basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallen, decayedtrunkMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk
trunk (dead, fallen) dead, fallen trunk is decayed by erumpent through bark stroma Biscogniauxia mediterranea a stromatic ascomycete Xylariales: Xylariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Biscogniauxia: a genus of latent invaders, Nugent, L.K., Sihanonth, P., Thienhirun, S. & Whalley, A.J.S., 2005
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Biscogniauxia mediterranea/Biscogniauxia mediterraneaa stromatic ascomyceteerumpent through barkstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallentrunk (3)erumpent through bark stroma is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk
trunk (fallen) fallen trunk is decayed by erumpent apothecium Minor Bulgaria inquinans Black Bulgar Leotiales: Bulgariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Leotiales/Bulgariaceae/Bulgaria inquinans/Bulgaria inquinansblack bulgarerumpentapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfallentrunkMinor (10-4)erumpent apothecium is saprobic on fallen trunk
trunk (large, decayed, fallen) large, decayed, fallen trunk is decayed by basidiome Ceriporia excelsa a basidiomycete fungus Polyporales: Phanerochaetaceae 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/Phanerochaetaceae/Ceriporia excelsa/Ceriporia excelsaa basidiomycete fungusbasidiome Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutlarge, decayed, fallentrunk basidiome is saprobic on large, decayed, fallen trunk
twig (bark) (dead) dead twig (bark) is decayed by pulvinate, 0.5-1mm wide, scattered or subgregarious, placed longidudinally on the twig with only the flat oval disc protruding through the epidermis, blackish olive stroma of Fusicoccum coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Fusicoccum cinctum a stromatic coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Fusicoccum cinctum/Fusicoccum cinctuma stromatic coelomycetepulvinate, 0.5-1mm wide, scattered or subgregarious, placed longidudinally on the twig with only the flat oval disc protruding through the epidermis, blackish olivestromaFusicoccum coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadtwig (bark) (9-10)pulvinate, 0.5-1mm wide, scattered or subgregarious, placed longidudinally on the twig with only the flat oval disc protruding through the epidermis, blackish olive stroma of Fusicoccum coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig (bark)
twig twig is decayed by subgregarious to densely scattered, covered then erumpent, blackish grey with paler roundish flat disc stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Cytospora populina a valsoid pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora populina/Cytospora populinaa valsoid pyrenomycetesubgregarious to densely scattered, covered then erumpent, blackish grey with paler roundish flat discstromaCytospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnuttwig (10-5)subgregarious to densely scattered, covered then erumpent, blackish grey with paler roundish flat disc stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on twig
twig (dead, fallen) dead, fallen twig is decayed by stalked apothecium Hymenoscyphus calyculus a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus calyculus/Hymenoscyphus calyculusa discomycetestalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallentwig (6-12)stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen twig
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by pulvinate or conical, erumpent, reddish-brown stroma of Fusicoccum coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Fusicoccum castaneum a stromatic coelomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Fusicoccum castaneum/Fusicoccum castaneuma stromatic coelomycetepulvinate or conical, erumpent, reddish-brownstromaFusicoccum coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadtwig (5-10)pulvinate or conical, erumpent, reddish-brown stroma of Fusicoccum coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by sessile apothecium Minor Mollisia ramealis a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia ramealis/Mollisia ramealisa discomycetesessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadtwigMinor (5-12)sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead twig
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Cryptodiaporthe castanea Javart Disease (Of Sweet Chestnut) Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Cryptodiaporthe castanea/Cryptodiaporthe castaneaJavart disease (of sweet chestnut)Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadtwig (5-10)Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by stroma Pseudovalsa modonia a stromatic pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Pseudovalsaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Pseudovalsaceae/Pseudovalsa modonia/Pseudovalsa modoniaa stromatic pyrenomycetestroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadtwig (2-3)stroma is saprobic on dead twig
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by acervulus of Coryneum coelomycetous anamorph Pseudovalsa modonia a stromatic pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Pseudovalsaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Pseudovalsaceae/Pseudovalsa modonia/Pseudovalsa modoniaa stromatic pyrenomyceteacervulusCoryneum coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadtwig (2-3)acervulus of Coryneum coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by immersed, grouped, stromatic perithecium Pseudovalsa modonia a stromatic pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Pseudovalsaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Pseudovalsaceae/Pseudovalsa modonia/Pseudovalsa modoniaa stromatic pyrenomyceteimmersed, grouped, stromaticperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadtwig (2-3)immersed, grouped, stromatic perithecium is saprobic on dead twig
twig (fallen) fallen twig is decayed by effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph Endophragmiella biseptata a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Sordariales: Helminthosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Helminthosphaeriaceae/Endophragmiella biseptata/Endophragmiella biseptataa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyEndophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutfallentwig effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen twig
wood or bark wood or bark is decayed by effuse colony of Phaeostalagmus dematiaceous anamorph Minor Phaeostalagmus peregrinus a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Phaeostalagmus peregrinus/Phaeostalagmus peregrinusa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPhaeostalagmus dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutwood or barkMinor effuse colony of Phaeostalagmus dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on wood or bark
wood wood may contain larva Platypus cylindrus Oak Pin-hole Borer, Pin-hole Borer Coleoptera: Platypodidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Platypodidae/Platypus cylindrus/Platypus cylindrusoak pin-hole borer, pin-hole borerlarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutwood larva feeds within wood
wood wood may contain larva Sinodendron cylindricum Rhinoceros Beetle Coleoptera: Lucanidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutwood larva feeds within wood
wood wood is decayed by Oidiodendron dematiaceous anamorph Oidiodendron tenuissimum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Onygenales: Myxotrichaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Myxotrichaceae/Oidiodendron tenuissimum/Oidiodendron tenuissimuma dematiaceous anamorphic fungusOidiodendron dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutwood (1-12)Oidiodendron dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on wood
wood wood is decayed by apothecium Psilachnum auranticolor a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Psilachnum auranticolor/Psilachnum auranticolora discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutwood (2)apothecium is saprobic on wood
wood wood is decayed by apothecium Orbilia vinosa a glasscup Orbiliales: Orbiliaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia vinosa/Orbilia vinosaa glasscupapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutwood apothecium is saprobic on wood
wood wood is decayed by effuse colony of Trichocladium dematiaceous anamorph Trichocladium opacum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Sordariales: Chaetomiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Trichocladium opacum, Kirk, P.M., 1994
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Chaetomiaceae/Trichocladium opacum/Trichocladium opacuma dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyTrichocladium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutwood effuse colony of Trichocladium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on wood
wood (dead, decayed (very)) dead, decayed (very) wood is decayed by fruitbody Rare Pseudotomentella mucidula a resupinate fungus Thelephorales: Thelephoraceae 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/Thelephorales/Thelephoraceae/Pseudotomentella mucidula/Pseudotomentella mucidulaa resupinate fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayed (very)woodRare fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed (very) wood
wood (dead, decayed, buried) dead, decayed, buried wood is decayed by clumped fruitbody Psathyrella cotonea Yellowfoot Brittlestem Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae 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/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Psathyrella cotonea/Psathyrella cotoneayellowfoot brittlestemclumpedfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayed, buriedwood clumped fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, buried wood
wood (dead, decayed) dead, decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody Minor Entoloma euchroum Stump Pinkgill Agaricales: Entolomataceae 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/Agaricales/Entolomataceae/Entoloma euchroum/Entoloma euchroumstump pinkgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayedwoodMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood
wood (dead, decayed) dead, decayed wood is decayed by clustered fruitbody Minor Mycena inclinata Clustered Bonnet Agaricales: Mycenaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Profiles of Fungi No. 110: Mycena inclinata (Fr.)Quel., Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W., 2000
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena inclinata/Mycena inclinataclustered bonnetclusteredfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayedwoodMinor clustered fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood
wood (dead, decayed) dead, decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody Omphalotus illudens Jack O’Lantern Agaricales: Omphalotaceae 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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Omphalotus illudens/Omphalotus illudensJack o’lanternfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayedwood fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood
wood (dead, decayed) dead, decayed wood is decayed by clumped fruitbody Psathyrella cotonea Yellowfoot Brittlestem Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae 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/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Psathyrella cotonea/Psathyrella cotoneayellowfoot brittlestemclumpedfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayedwood clumped fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood
wood (dead, decayed) dead, decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody Rare Aphanobasidium pseudotsugae a resupinate fungus Agaricales: Pterulaceae 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/Agaricales/Pterulaceae/Aphanobasidium pseudotsugae/Aphanobasidium pseudotsugaea resupinate fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayedwoodRare fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood
wood (dead, decayed) dead, decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody Minor Hapalopilus nidulans Cinnamon Bracket, "Gingerbread Fungus" Polyporales: Polyporaceae 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/Polyporaceae/Hapalopilus nidulans/Hapalopilus nidulanscinnamon bracket, "gingerbread fungus"fruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayedwoodMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood
wood (dead, decayed) dead, decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody Perenniporia medulla-panis Pancake Crust Polyporales: Polyporaceae 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/Polyporaceae/Perenniporia medulla-panis/Perenniporia medulla-panispancake crustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayedwood fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood
wood (dead, decaying) dead, decaying wood is decayed by fruitbody Minor Mycena maculata Stained Bonnet Agaricales: Mycenaceae 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena maculata/Mycena maculatastained bonnetfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayingwoodMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decaying wood
wood (dead, decaying) dead, decaying wood is decayed by fruitbody Minor Polyporus badius Bay Polypore Polyporales: Polyporaceae 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/Polyporaceae/Polyporus badius/Polyporus badiusbay polyporefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decayingwoodMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decaying wood
wood (dead, decorticate) dead, decorticate wood is decayed by sessile apothecium Mollisia cinerella a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia cinerella/Mollisia cinerellaa discomycetesessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, decorticatewood (1-8)sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead, decorticate wood
wood (dead, fallen, decayed) dead, fallen, decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody Hypochnicium eichleri Polyporales: Meruliaceae 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/Hypochnicium eichleri/Hypochnicium eichlerifruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallen, decayedwood fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed wood
wood (dead, fallen, decayed) dead, fallen, decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody Minor Trametes gibbosa Lumpy Bracket Polyporales: Polyporaceae 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/Polyporaceae/Trametes gibbosa/Trametes gibbosalumpy bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, fallen, decayedwoodMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed wood
wood (dead, often rotten) dead, often rotten wood is decayed by erumpent perithecium Chaetosphaeria pulviscula a pyrenomycete Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria pulviscula/Chaetosphaeria pulvisculaa pyrenomyceteerumpentperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, often rottenwood (10-4)erumpent perithecium is saprobic on dead, often rotten wood
wood (dead, often rotten) dead, often rotten wood is decayed by colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph Chaetosphaeria pulviscula a pyrenomycete Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria pulviscula/Chaetosphaeria pulvisculaa pyrenomycetecolonyMenispora dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, often rottenwood (10-4)colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, often rotten wood
wood (dead, white-rotten) dead, white-rotten wood is decayed by bracket UK/IrelandMinor Daedaleopsis confragosa Blushing Bracket Polyporales: Polyporaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Daedaleopsis confragosa/Daedaleopsis confragosablushing bracketbracket Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdead, white-rottenwoodMinor bracket is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood
wood (dead) dead wood is foodplant of larva Pachytodes cerambyciformis Speckled Longhorn Beetle Coleoptera: Cerambycidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Pachytodes cerambyciformis/Pachytodes cerambyciformisspeckled longhorn beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadwood larva feeds on dead wood
wood (dead) dead wood may house imago Sinodendron cylindricum Rhinoceros Beetle Coleoptera: Lucanidae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleimago Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadwood imago may be found in dead wood
wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by punctiform or effuse colony of Bispora dematiaceous anamorph Bispora betulina a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Bispora betulina/Bispora betulinaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguspunctiform or effusecolonyBispora dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadwood punctiform or effuse colony of Bispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead wood
wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by effuse colony of Cordana dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Cordana pauciseptata a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Cordana pauciseptata/Cordana pauciseptataa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyCordana dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadwood effuse colony of Cordana dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead wood
wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by erumpent, becoming superficial apothecium Stictis friabilis a discomycete Ostropales: Stictidaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Ostropales/Stictidaceae/Stictis friabilis/Stictis friabilisa discomyceteerumpent, becoming superficialapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadwood (6-9)erumpent, becoming superficial apothecium is saprobic on dead wood
wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by sessile apothecium Mollisia cinerea Common Grey Disco Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia cinerea/Mollisia cinereacommon grey discosessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadwood (1-12)sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead wood
wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by Roscoepoundia coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Roscoepoundia croceola a coelomycete Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Roscoepoundia croceola/Roscoepoundia croceolaa coelomyceteRoscoepoundia coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadwood Roscoepoundia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead wood
wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph Endophragmiella ovoidea a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Sordariales: Helminthosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Helminthosphaeriaceae/Endophragmiella ovoidea/Endophragmiella ovoideaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyEndophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadwood (9-4)effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead wood
wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by fruitbody Minor Fistulina hepatica Beefsteak Fungus Agaricales: Fistulinaceae 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/Agaricales/Fistulinaceae/Fistulina hepatica/Fistulina hepaticabeefsteak fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadwoodMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood
wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by fruitbody Flammulina velutipes var velutipes Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus Agaricales: Physalacriaceae 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/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes/Flammulina velutipes var. velutipesvelvet shank, winter fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadwood fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood
wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by fruitbody Minor Hymenochaete rubiginosa Oak Curtain Crust Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae 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/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Hymenochaete rubiginosa/Hymenochaete rubiginosaoak curtain crustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadwoodMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood
wood (decayed, fallen) decayed, fallen wood is decayed by fruitbody UK/Ireland Byssocorticium efibulatum a resupinate fungus Atheliales: Atheliaceae 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/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Byssocorticium efibulatum/Byssocorticium efibulatuma resupinate fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdecayed, fallenwood fruitbody is saprobic on decayed, fallen wood
wood (decayed) decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody UK/Ireland Calocera pallidospathulata Pale Stagshorn Dacrymycetales: Dacrymycetaceae 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/Dacrymycetales/Dacrymycetaceae/Calocera pallidospathulata/Calocera pallidospathulatapale stagshornfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdecayedwood (1-12)fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood
wood (decayed) decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody UK/Ireland Bjerkandera fumosa Big Smoky Bracket Polyporales: Meruliaceae 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/Bjerkandera fumosa/Bjerkandera fumosabig smoky bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdecayedwood fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood
wood (decayed) decayed wood is decayed by basidiome Minor Ceriporia metamorphosa a basidiomycete fungus Polyporales: Phanerochaetaceae 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/Phanerochaetaceae/Ceriporia metamorphosa/Ceriporia metamorphosaa basidiomycete fungusbasidiome Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdecayedwoodMinor basidiome is saprobic on decayed wood
wood (decayed) decayed wood is decayed by basidiome Minor Ceriporiopsis gilvescens Pink Porecrust Polyporales: Phanerochaetaceae 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/Phanerochaetaceae/Ceriporiopsis gilvescens/Ceriporiopsis gilvescenspink porecrustbasidiome Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdecayedwoodMinor basidiome is saprobic on decayed wood
wood (hard, barely decayed) hard, barely decayed wood is decayed by bracket UK/IrelandMinor Daedalea quercina Oak Mazegill Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Profiles of Fungi No. 136: Daedalea quercina, Legon, N.W., 2006
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Daedalea quercina/Daedalea quercinaoak mazegillbracket Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnuthard, barely decayedwoodMinor bracket is saprobic on hard, barely decayed wood
wood (moribund) moribund wood is parasitised by mycelium Minor Fistulina hepatica Beefsteak Fungus Agaricales: Fistulinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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/Agaricales/Fistulinaceae/Fistulina hepatica/Fistulina hepaticabeefsteak fungusmycelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutmoribundwoodMinor mycelium parasitises moribund wood
wood (moribund) moribund wood is parasitised by fruitbody Flammulina velutipes var velutipes Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus Agaricales: Physalacriaceae 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/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes/Flammulina velutipes var. velutipesvelvet shank, winter fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutmoribundwood fruitbody parasitises moribund wood
wood (rotten) rotten wood is decayed by effuse colony of Dictyosporium dematiaceous anamorph Dictyosporium toruloides a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Dictyosporium toruloides/Dictyosporium toruloidesa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyDictyosporium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottenwood (1-12)effuse colony of Dictyosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotten wood
wood (rotten) rotten wood is decayed by superficial stroma Hypocrea argillacea a stromatic pyrenomycete Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypocrea argillacea/Hypocrea argillaceaa stromatic pyrenomycetesuperficialstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottenwood (10-3)superficial stroma is saprobic on rotten wood
wood (rotten) rotten wood is decayed by effuse colony of Brachysporium dematiaceous anamorph Brachysporium bloxamii a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Trichosphaeriales: Trichosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Trichosphaeriales/Trichosphaeriaceae/Brachysporium bloxamii/Brachysporium bloxamiia dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyBrachysporium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottenwood effuse colony of Brachysporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotten wood
wood (rotten) rotten wood is decayed by effuse colony of Brachysporium dematiaceous anamorph Brachysporium britannicum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Trichosphaeriales: Trichosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Trichosphaeriales/Trichosphaeriaceae/Brachysporium britannicum/Brachysporium britannicuma dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyBrachysporium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottenwood effuse colony of Brachysporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotten wood
wood (rotten) rotten wood is decayed by effuse colony of Brachysporium dematiaceous anamorph Brachysporium masonii a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Trichosphaeriales: Trichosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Trichosphaeriales/Trichosphaeriaceae/Brachysporium masonii/Brachysporium masoniia dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyBrachysporium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottenwood effuse colony of Brachysporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotten wood
wood (rotten) rotten wood is decayed by effuse colony of Brachysporium dematiaceous anamorph Brachysporium nigrum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Trichosphaeriales: Trichosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Trichosphaeriales/Trichosphaeriaceae/Brachysporium nigrum/Brachysporium nigruma dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyBrachysporium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottenwood effuse colony of Brachysporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotten wood
wood (rotten) rotten wood is associate of superficial perithecium Trichosphaeria notabilis a pyrenomycete Trichosphaeriales: Trichosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Trichosphaeriales/Trichosphaeriaceae/Trichosphaeria notabilis/Trichosphaeria notabilisa pyrenomycetesuperficialperithecium Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutrottenwood (4-8)superficial perithecium is associated with rotten wood
wood (sawdust-packed tunnel in dead) sawdust-packed tunnel in dead wood may house ovum Sinodendron cylindricum Rhinoceros Beetle Coleoptera: Lucanidae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleovum Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutsawdust-packed tunnel in deadwood ovum may be found in sawdust-packed tunnel in dead wood

Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Forestry CommissionSweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)www.forestry.gov.uk/chestnutblight
Woodland TrustOriental chestnut gall waspwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/tree-diseases-and-pests/key-threats/oriental-chestnut-gall-wasp/
DEFRAPest Alert: Dryocosmus kuriphilus
Anderson, R., 2008Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its alliesField Mycology Vol 9 (2): 41-48.
Anon, 2012Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)
Appiah, A., Jennings, P., & Turner, J.A., 2004Phytophthora ramorum: one pathogen and many diseases, an emerging threat to forest ecosystems and ornamental plant lifeMycologist Vol 18 (4): 145-150.
Brasier, C., 1999Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in EuropeForestry Commission Information Notes, 30, 6pp, Forestry Commission
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cerny, K. et al, 2008Phytophthora cambivora causing ink disease of sweet chestnut recorded in the Czech RepublicCzech Mycology vol 60(2): 265-274.
Denman, S. et al, 2005Foliar infection of sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) by Phytophthora ramorum in the UKNew Disease Reports Vol 11.
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1British Wildlife Vol 18, No 6: 406-414.
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Evans, H.F., 2008Oak Processionary Moth Pest Risk AnalysisPRAs for consultation on pest risk management PRAs for consultation on pest risk management.
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Hills, A.E., 2008The Genus Xerocomus - A personal view with a key to the British speciesField Mycology Vol 9 (3): Front cover, 77-96, rear cover.
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCastanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut)
GenusCastanea (sweet chestnuts)
FamilyFAGACEAE (forest trees)
OrderFAGALES (forest trees)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut)

Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Literature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut):

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