Cytospora staphyleae Cooke
(a stromatic coelomycete)

Interactions where Cytospora staphyleae is the dominant partner and gains from the process

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

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph (somewhat convex, 2 or 3 loculi, covered by slightly raised epidermis)		somewhat convex, 2 or 3 loculi, covered by slightly raised epidermis stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Staphylea colchica	Caucasian Bladdernut	Crossosomatales: Staphyleaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora staphyleae/	Cytospora staphyleae	a stromatic coelomycete		somewhat convex, 2 or 3 loculi, covered by slightly raised epidermis	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Crossosomatales/Staphyleaceae/Staphylea colchica/	Staphylea colchica	caucasian bladdernut		dead	branch				(4, 7)
Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph (somewhat convex, 2 or 3 loculi, covered by slightly raised epidermis)		somewhat convex, 2 or 3 loculi, covered by slightly raised epidermis stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Staphylea pinnata	Bladdernut	Crossosomatales: Staphyleaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora staphyleae/	Cytospora staphyleae	a stromatic coelomycete		somewhat convex, 2 or 3 loculi, covered by slightly raised epidermis	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Crossosomatales/Staphyleaceae/Staphylea pinnata/	Staphylea pinnata	bladdernut		dead	branch				(4, 7)
Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph (somewhat convex, 2 or 3 loculi, covered by slightly raised epidermis)		somewhat convex, 2 or 3 loculi, covered by slightly raised epidermis stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Staphylea trifoliata	a bladdernut	Crossosomatales: Staphyleaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora staphyleae/	Cytospora staphyleae	a stromatic coelomycete		somewhat convex, 2 or 3 loculi, covered by slightly raised epidermis	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Crossosomatales/Staphyleaceae/Staphylea trifoliata/	Staphylea trifoliata	a bladdernut		dead	branch				(4, 7)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press

Cytospora staphyleae (a stromatic coelomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Cytospora staphyleae (a stromatic coelomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Cytospora staphyleae (a stromatic coelomycete)
Genus	Cytospora (a form genus of stromatic coelomycetes)
Family	VALSACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
Order	DIAPORTHALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
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)

Cytospora staphyleae is also a member of:
Coelomycetes - stem- and leaf-fungi (via Cytospora)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Coelomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Cytospora staphyleae (a stromatic coelomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cytospora staphyleae (a stromatic coelomycete):

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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