Microthyrium ilicinum De Not.
(a fly speck fungus)

Interactions where Microthyrium ilicinum 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
thyriothecium (amphigenous)		amphigenous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting, greyed leaf			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Microthyrium ilicinum/	Microthyrium ilicinum	a fly speck fungus		amphigenous		thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut		dead, fallen, rotting, greyed	leaf				(4-10)
thyriothecium (amphigenous)		amphigenous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting, greyed leaf			Quercus cerris	Turkey Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Microthyrium ilicinum/	Microthyrium ilicinum	a fly speck fungus		amphigenous		thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus cerris/	Quercus cerris	Turkey oak		dead, fallen, rotting, greyed	leaf				(4-10)
thyriothecium (amphigenous)		amphigenous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting, greyed leaf			Quercus ilex	Holm Oak, Evergreen Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Microthyrium ilicinum/	Microthyrium ilicinum	a fly speck fungus		amphigenous		thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus ilex/	Quercus ilex	holm oak, evergreen oak		dead, fallen, rotting, greyed	leaf		Major		(4-10)
thyriothecium (amphigenous)		amphigenous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting, greyed leaf			Quercus petraea	Sessile Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Microthyrium ilicinum/	Microthyrium ilicinum	a fly speck fungus		amphigenous		thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/	Quercus petraea	sessile oak		dead, fallen, rotting, greyed	leaf				(4-10)
thyriothecium (amphigenous)		amphigenous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting, greyed leaf			Quercus robur	Pedunculate Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Microthyrium ilicinum/	Microthyrium ilicinum	a fly speck fungus		amphigenous		thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus robur/	Quercus robur	pedunculate oak		dead, fallen, rotting, greyed	leaf				(4-10)
thyriothecium		thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, very grey, lying on sand between clumps leaf			Ammophila (Bot.)	marram grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Microthyrium ilicinum/	Microthyrium ilicinum	a fly speck fungus				thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Ammophila (Bot.)/	Ammophila (Bot.)	marram grasses		dead, very grey, lying on sand between clumps	leaf

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

Microthyrium ilicinum (a fly speck fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Microthyrium ilicinum (a fly speck 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))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Microthyrium ilicinum (a fly speck fungus)
Genus	Microthyrium (a genus of fly speck fungi)
Family	MICROTHYRIACEAE (a family of fly speck fungi)
Order	MICROTHYRIALES (an order of fly speck fungi)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (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)

Microthyrium ilicinum 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 Microthyrium ilicinum (a fly speck fungus)

Microthyrium ilicinum (a fly speck fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Microthyrium
(a genus of fly speck fungi)

MICROTHYRIACEAE
(a family of fly speck fungi)

MICROTHYRIALES
(an order of fly speck fungi)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

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 Microthyrium ilicinum (a fly speck fungus):

Microthyrium
(a genus of fly speck fungi)

MICROTHYRIACEAE
(a family of fly speck fungi)

MICROTHYRIALES
(an order of fly speck fungi)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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