Chalara (Corda) Rabenh.
(a genus of anamorphic fungi)

Interactions where Chalara is the controlling partner and gains from the process

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

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
Chalara dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Chalara dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on decaying cupule			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Chalara/	Chalara	a genus of anamorphic fungi			colony	Chalara dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut		decaying	cupule

Interactions where Chalara 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').

Filters:

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 parasitised by effuse colony of Gonatobotryum anamorph			Gonatobotryum fuscum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Gonatobotryum fuscum/	Gonatobotryum fuscum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Gonatobotryum anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Chalara/	Chalara	a genus of anamorphic fungi								effuse colony of Gonatobotryum anamorph parasitises

Chalara (a genus of anamorphic fungi) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Chalara (a genus of anamorphic fungi) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Subtaxon	Rank	No of interactions	No of references
Chalara affinis a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species	7 trophisms
Chalara aotearoa a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Species	1 trophisms
Chalara aurea a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species	7 trophisms
Chalara bulbosa a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species	1 trophisms
Chalara cylindrica a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species	6 trophisms
Chalara cylindrosperma a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species	6 trophisms
Chalara dennisii a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species	1 trophisms	1 references
Chalara fungorum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species	6 trophisms
Chalara fusidioides a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species	4 trophisms
Chalara heterospora a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species	1 trophisms
Chalara hughesii a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species	3 trophisms
Chalara inflatipes a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species	4 trophisms
Chalara kendrickii a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species	2 trophisms
Chalara longipes a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Species	1 trophisms
Chalara microspora a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Species	1 trophisms
Chalara parvispora a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species	1 trophisms
Chalara pteridina a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species	1 trophisms
Chalara spiralis a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species	1 trophisms
Chalara urceolata a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species	6 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Form genus	Chalara (a genus of anamorphic fungi)
Order	MICROASCALES (an order of ascomycetes)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Chalara is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chalara (a genus of anamorphic fungi)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Koukol, O.	2011	New species of Chalara occupying coniferous needles	FungalDiversity Vol 49: 75-01.
	Nag Raj, T.R. & Kendrick, B.	1975	A Monograph of Chalara and Allied Genera	Wilfred Laurier University Press

Chalara (a genus of anamorphic fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

General Literature

Molecules, morphology and classification: Towards monophyletic genera in the Ascomycetes

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Chalara (a genus of anamorphic fungi):

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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Interactions where Chalara is the controlling partner and gains from the process

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Chalara is also a member of:

Identification Works

General Literature

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