Lophodermium apiculatum (Wormsk. ex Fr.) Duby
(an ascomycete fungus)

Interactions where Lophodermium apiculatum 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
Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph		Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on			Carex	sedges	Poales: Cyperaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium apiculatum/	Lophodermium apiculatum	an ascomycete fungus				Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/	Carex	sedges
Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph (numerous, often confluent)		numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead			Juncus	rushes	Poales: Juncaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium apiculatum/	Lophodermium apiculatum	an ascomycete fungus		numerous, often confluent	pycnothyrium	Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus/	Juncus	rushes		dead			Minor		(3-8)
Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph (numerous, often confluent)		numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium apiculatum/	Lophodermium apiculatum	an ascomycete fungus		numerous, often confluent	pycnothyrium	Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		dead	leaf				(3-8)
Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph (numerous, often confluent)		numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium apiculatum/	Lophodermium apiculatum	an ascomycete fungus		numerous, often confluent	pycnothyrium	Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		dead	stem				(3-8)
Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph (numerous, often confluent)		numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf			Molinia caerulea	Purple Moor-grass	Poales: Poaceae	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/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium apiculatum/	Lophodermium apiculatum	an ascomycete fungus		numerous, often confluent	pycnothyrium	Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Molinia caerulea/	Molinia caerulea	purple moor-grass		dead	leaf		Major		(3-8)
Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph (numerous, often confluent)		numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Molinia caerulea	Purple Moor-grass	Poales: Poaceae	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/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium apiculatum/	Lophodermium apiculatum	an ascomycete fungus		numerous, often confluent	pycnothyrium	Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Molinia caerulea/	Molinia caerulea	purple moor-grass		dead	stem		Major		(3-8)
Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph (numerous, often confluent)		numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf			Deschampsia cespitosa	Tufted Hair-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium apiculatum/	Lophodermium apiculatum	an ascomycete fungus		numerous, often confluent	pycnothyrium	Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Deschampsia cespitosa/	Deschampsia cespitosa	tufted hair-grass		dead	leaf				(3-8)
Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph (numerous, often confluent)		numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Deschampsia cespitosa	Tufted Hair-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium apiculatum/	Lophodermium apiculatum	an ascomycete fungus		numerous, often confluent	pycnothyrium	Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Deschampsia cespitosa/	Deschampsia cespitosa	tufted hair-grass		dead	stem				(3-8)
Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph (numerous, often confluent)		numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf			Holcus	soft-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium apiculatum/	Lophodermium apiculatum	an ascomycete fungus		numerous, often confluent	pycnothyrium	Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/	Holcus	soft-grasses		dead	leaf				(3-8)
Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph (numerous, often confluent)		numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Holcus	soft-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium apiculatum/	Lophodermium apiculatum	an ascomycete fungus		numerous, often confluent	pycnothyrium	Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/	Holcus	soft-grasses		dead	stem				(3-8)
Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph (numerous, often confluent)		numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf			Phalaris	Canary grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium apiculatum/	Lophodermium apiculatum	an ascomycete fungus		numerous, often confluent	pycnothyrium	Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris/	Phalaris	Canary grasses		dead	leaf				(3-8)
Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph (numerous, often confluent)		numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Phalaris	Canary grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium apiculatum/	Lophodermium apiculatum	an ascomycete fungus		numerous, often confluent	pycnothyrium	Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris/	Phalaris	Canary grasses		dead	stem				(3-8)

Lophodermium apiculatum (an ascomycete fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lophodermium apiculatum (an ascomycete fungus) 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))

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Lophodermium apiculatum (an ascomycete fungus)
Genus	Lophodermium (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	RHYTISMATACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
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)

Lophodermium apiculatum 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 Lophodermium apiculatum (an ascomycete fungus)

Lophodermium apiculatum (an ascomycete fungus) 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 Lophodermium apiculatum (an ascomycete fungus):

RHYTISMATACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

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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