Karstenia rhopaloides (Sacc.) Baral
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Karstenia rhopaloides 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
apothecium (stromatic, deeply sunken)		stromatic, deeply sunken apothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Cirsium arvense	Creeping Thistle	Asterales: Asteraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Karstenia rhopaloides/	Karstenia rhopaloides	a discomycete		stromatic, deeply sunken		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/	Cirsium arvense	creeping thistle		dead	stem				(6-11)
stroma (embedded)		embedded stroma is saprobic on dead stem			Cirsium arvense	Creeping Thistle	Asterales: Asteraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Karstenia rhopaloides/	Karstenia rhopaloides	a discomycete		embedded		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/	Cirsium arvense	creeping thistle		dead	stem				(6-11)
apothecium (stromatic, deeply sunken)		stromatic, deeply sunken apothecium is saprobic on dead branch			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Karstenia rhopaloides/	Karstenia rhopaloides	a discomycete		stromatic, deeply sunken		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		dead	branch				(6-11)
stroma (embedded)		embedded stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Karstenia rhopaloides/	Karstenia rhopaloides	a discomycete		embedded		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		dead	branch				(6-11)
apothecium (stromatic, deeply sunken)		stromatic, deeply sunken apothecium is saprobic on dead branch			Clematis	clematises	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Karstenia rhopaloides/	Karstenia rhopaloides	a discomycete		stromatic, deeply sunken		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Clematis/	Clematis	clematises		dead	branch				(6-11)
stroma (embedded)		embedded stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Clematis	clematises	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Karstenia rhopaloides/	Karstenia rhopaloides	a discomycete		embedded		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Clematis/	Clematis	clematises		dead	branch				(6-11)
apothecium (stromatic, deeply sunken)		stromatic, deeply sunken apothecium is saprobic on dead branch			Rubus	brambles, blackberries and raspberries	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Karstenia rhopaloides/	Karstenia rhopaloides	a discomycete		stromatic, deeply sunken		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus/	Rubus	brambles, blackberries and raspberries		dead	branch				(6-11)
stroma (embedded)		embedded stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Rubus	brambles, blackberries and raspberries	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Karstenia rhopaloides/	Karstenia rhopaloides	a discomycete		embedded		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus/	Rubus	brambles, blackberries and raspberries		dead	branch				(6-11)
apothecium (stromatic, deeply sunken)		stromatic, deeply sunken apothecium is saprobic on dead branch			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Karstenia rhopaloides/	Karstenia rhopaloides	a discomycete		stromatic, deeply sunken		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines		dead	branch				(6-11)
stroma (embedded)		embedded stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Karstenia rhopaloides/	Karstenia rhopaloides	a discomycete		embedded		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines		dead	branch				(6-11)
apothecium (stromatic, deeply sunken)		stromatic, deeply sunken apothecium is saprobic on dead branch			[Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants]	trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Karstenia rhopaloides/	Karstenia rhopaloides	a discomycete		stromatic, deeply sunken		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants/	Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants	trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers		dead	branch				(6-11)
stroma (embedded)		embedded stroma is saprobic on dead branch			[Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants]	trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Karstenia rhopaloides/	Karstenia rhopaloides	a discomycete		embedded		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants/	Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants	trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers		dead	branch				(6-11)

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

Karstenia rhopaloides (a discomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Karstenia rhopaloides (a discomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Karstenia rhopaloides (a discomycete)
Genus	Karstenia (a genus of discomycetes)
Order	RHYTISMATALES (an order of ascomycetes)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

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

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Karstenia rhopaloides (a discomycete)

Karstenia rhopaloides (a discomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Karstenia rhopaloides (a discomycete):

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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