Phacellium alborosellum (Desm.) U. Braun
(a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete)

Interactions where Phacellium alborosellum 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
Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph (mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale)		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Cerastium alpinum	Alpine Mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium alborosellum/	Phacellium alborosellum	a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale	synnema	Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium alpinum/	Cerastium alpinum	alpine mouse-ear		live	leaf
Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph (mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale)		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Cerastium arcticum	Arctic Mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium alborosellum/	Phacellium alborosellum	a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale	synnema	Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium arcticum/	Cerastium arcticum	Arctic mouse-ear		live	leaf
Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph (mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale)		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Cerastium arvense	Field Mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium alborosellum/	Phacellium alborosellum	a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale	synnema	Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium arvense/	Cerastium arvense	field mouse-ear		live	leaf
Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph (mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale)		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Cerastium brachypetalum	Grey Mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium alborosellum/	Phacellium alborosellum	a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale	synnema	Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium brachypetalum/	Cerastium brachypetalum	grey mouse-ear		live	leaf
Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph (mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale)		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Cerastium fontanum ssp vulgare	a common mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Phacellium sorbi (Peck) comb. nov. (Hyphomycetes), new to Britain from leaf spots on Sorbus aucuparia, Spooner, B., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium alborosellum/	Phacellium alborosellum	a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale	synnema	Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare/	Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare	a common mouse-ear		live	leaf
Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph (mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale)		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Cerastium glomeratum	Sticky Mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium alborosellum/	Phacellium alborosellum	a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale	synnema	Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium glomeratum/	Cerastium glomeratum	sticky mouse-ear		live	leaf
Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph (mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale)		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Cerastium nigrescens	Shetland Mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium alborosellum/	Phacellium alborosellum	a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale	synnema	Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium nigrescens/	Cerastium nigrescens	Shetland mouse-ear		live	leaf
Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph (mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale)		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Cerastium pumilum	Dwarf Mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium alborosellum/	Phacellium alborosellum	a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale	synnema	Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium pumilum/	Cerastium pumilum	dwarf mouse-ear		live	leaf
Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph (mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale)		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Cerastium semidecandrum	Little Mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium alborosellum/	Phacellium alborosellum	a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete		mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale	synnema	Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium semidecandrum/	Cerastium semidecandrum	little mouse-ear		live	leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Spooner, B., 2008	Phacellium sorbi (Peck) comb. nov. (Hyphomycetes), new to Britain from leaf spots on Sorbus aucuparia	Field Mycology Vol 9 (4): 121-125.

Phacellium alborosellum (a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ramularia
(a genus of plant-pathogenic anamorphic hyphomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Phacellium alborosellum (a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete) 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:

Anamorphic Species	Phacellium alborosellum (a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete)
Species	Ramularia alborosella
Genus	Ramularia (a genus of plant-pathogenic anamorphic hyphomycetes)
Family	MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes and lichens)
Order	CAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
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)

Phacellium alborosellum is also a member of:
Hyphomycetes - moulds (via Ramularia)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Hyphomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
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 Phacellium alborosellum (a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete)

Phacellium alborosellum (a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Ramularia
(a genus of plant-pathogenic anamorphic hyphomycetes)

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Hyphomycetes
(moulds)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Phacellium alborosellum (a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete):

Ramularia
(a genus of plant-pathogenic anamorphic hyphomycetes)

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Hyphomycetes
(moulds)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

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