Myriosclerotinia curreyana (Berk.) N.F. Buchw.
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Myriosclerotinia curreyana 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 (sclerotioid, often in small groups)		sclerotioid, often in small groups apothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Juncus conglomeratus	Compact Rush	Poales: Juncaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia curreyana/	Myriosclerotinia curreyana	a discomycete		sclerotioid, often in small groups		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus conglomeratus/	Juncus conglomeratus	compact rush		dead	stem		Minor		(4-5)
Discula coelomycetous anamorph (embedded, opening by little slits)		embedded, opening by little slits stroma of Discula coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Juncus conglomeratus	Compact Rush	Poales: Juncaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia curreyana/	Myriosclerotinia curreyana	a discomycete		embedded, opening by little slits	stroma	Discula coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus conglomeratus/	Juncus conglomeratus	compact rush		dead	stem		Minor		(7-9)
sclerotium (embedded)		embedded sclerotium is saprobic on dead stem			Juncus conglomeratus	Compact Rush	Poales: Juncaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia curreyana/	Myriosclerotinia curreyana	a discomycete		embedded		sclerotium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus conglomeratus/	Juncus conglomeratus	compact rush		dead	stem		Minor		(4-5)
apothecium (sclerotioid, often in small groups)		sclerotioid, often in small groups apothecium is saprobic on dead, bleached stem			Juncus effusus	Soft Rush, Soft-rush	Poales: Juncaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Teaching techniques for mycology: 21. Sclerotinia, Botrytis and Monilia (Ascomycota, Leotiales, Sclerotiniaceae), Weber, R.W.S. & Webster, J., 2003	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia curreyana/	Myriosclerotinia curreyana	a discomycete		sclerotioid, often in small groups		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus effusus/	Juncus effusus	soft rush, soft-rush		dead, bleached	stem		Major		(4-5)
Discula coelomycetous anamorph (embedded, opening by little slits)		embedded, opening by little slits stroma of Discula coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, bleached stem			Juncus effusus	Soft Rush, Soft-rush	Poales: Juncaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935 Teaching techniques for mycology: 21. Sclerotinia, Botrytis and Monilia (Ascomycota, Leotiales, Sclerotiniaceae), Weber, R.W.S. & Webster, J., 2003	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia curreyana/	Myriosclerotinia curreyana	a discomycete		embedded, opening by little slits	stroma	Discula coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus effusus/	Juncus effusus	soft rush, soft-rush		dead, bleached	stem		Major		(7-9)
sclerotium (embedded)		embedded sclerotium is saprobic on dead, bleached stem			Juncus effusus	Soft Rush, Soft-rush	Poales: Juncaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935 Teaching techniques for mycology: 21. Sclerotinia, Botrytis and Monilia (Ascomycota, Leotiales, Sclerotiniaceae), Weber, R.W.S. & Webster, J., 2003	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia curreyana/	Myriosclerotinia curreyana	a discomycete		embedded		sclerotium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus effusus/	Juncus effusus	soft rush, soft-rush		dead, bleached	stem		Major		(4-5)

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
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Weber, R.W.S. & Webster, J., 2003	Teaching techniques for mycology: 21. Sclerotinia, Botrytis and Monilia (Ascomycota, Leotiales, Sclerotiniaceae)	Mycologist Vol 17 (3): 111-115.

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Myriosclerotinia curreyana (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	Myriosclerotinia curreyana (a discomycete)
Genus	Myriosclerotinia (a genus of ascomycete fungi)
Family	SCLEROTINIACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
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)

Myriosclerotinia curreyana is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
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 Myriosclerotinia curreyana (a discomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Robinson, K.	2013	Spring foraying in the Forest of Dean	Field Mycology Vol 14 (2): 41-44.
	Weber, R.W.S. & Webster, J.	2003	Teaching techniques for mycology: 21. Sclerotinia, Botrytis and Monilia (Ascomycota, Leotiales, Sclerotiniaceae)	Mycologist Vol 17 (3): 111-115.

Myriosclerotinia curreyana (a discomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

SCLEROTINIACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

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

SCLEROTINIACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

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