Octospora melina (Velen.) Dennis & Itzerott
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Octospora melina 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		apothecium grows among gametophyte			BRYOPSIDA	mosses		Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Octospora melina/	Octospora melina	a discomycete				apothecium	Plant / grows among			/Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/	Bryopsida	mosses				gametophyte	Minor
apothecium (solitary or grouped, sessile)		solitary or grouped, sessile apothecium grows among gametophyte			Pohlia	a genus of thread-mosses	Bryales: Mniaceae	Octospora and Inermisia in Western Europe, Dennis, R.W.G. & Itzerott, H., 1973	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Octospora melina/	Octospora melina	a discomycete		solitary or grouped, sessile		apothecium	Plant / grows among			/Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Bryales/Mniaceae/Pohlia/	Pohlia	a genus of thread-mosses				gametophyte
apothecium		apothecium grows among gametophyte			Dicranella heteromalla	Silky Forklet-moss	Dicranales: Dicranellaceae	Octospora and Inermisia in Western Europe, Dennis, R.W.G. & Itzerott, H., 1973 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Octospora melina/	Octospora melina	a discomycete				apothecium	Plant / grows among			/Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Dicranales/Dicranellaceae/Dicranella heteromalla/	Dicranella heteromalla	silky forklet-moss				gametophyte
apothecium		apothecium grows among gametophyte			Ceratodon purpureus	Redshank	Dicranales: Ditrichaceae	Octospora and Inermisia in Western Europe, Dennis, R.W.G. & Itzerott, H., 1973 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Octospora melina/	Octospora melina	a discomycete				apothecium	Plant / grows among			/Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Dicranales/Ditrichaceae/Ceratodon purpureus/	Ceratodon purpureus	redshank				gametophyte
apothecium		apothecium grows among gametophyte			Pottia	a genus of acrocarpous mosses	Dicranales: Pottiaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Octospora melina/	Octospora melina	a discomycete				apothecium	Plant / grows among			/Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Dicranales/Pottiaceae/Pottia/	Pottia	a genus of acrocarpous mosses				gametophyte
apothecium		apothecium grows among gametophyte			Atrichum undulatum s.s.	Common Smoothcap	Polytrichales: Polytrichaceae	Octospora and Inermisia in Western Europe, Dennis, R.W.G. & Itzerott, H., 1973	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Octospora melina/	Octospora melina	a discomycete				apothecium	Plant / grows among			/Plantae/Bryophyta/Polytrichopsida/Polytrichales/Polytrichaceae/Atrichum undulatum s.s./	Atrichum undulatum s.s.	common smoothcap				gametophyte

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G. & Itzerott, H., 1973	Octospora and Inermisia in Western Europe	Kew Bulletin vol 28 (1): 5-23.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Octospora melina (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	Octospora melina (a discomycete)
Genus	Octospora (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	PYRONEMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Octospora melina 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 Octospora melina (a discomycete)

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

Octospora
(a genus of discomycetes)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

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 Octospora melina (a discomycete):

Octospora
(a genus of discomycetes)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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