Pirottaea nigrostriata Graddon
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Pirottaea nigrostriata 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 (erumpent)		erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Dioscorea communis	Black Bryony	Dioscoreales: Dioscoreaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pirottaea nigrostriata/	Pirottaea nigrostriata	a discomycete		erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dioscoreales/Dioscoreaceae/Dioscorea communis/	Dioscorea communis	black bryony		dead	stem
apothecium (erumpent)		erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead stem (residual cortex)			Heracleum	hogweeds	Apiales: Apiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pirottaea nigrostriata/	Pirottaea nigrostriata	a discomycete		erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Heracleum/	Heracleum	hogweeds		dead	stem (residual cortex)		Major		(3-6)
apothecium (erumpent)		erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Artemisia vulgaris	Mugwort	Asterales: Asteraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pirottaea nigrostriata/	Pirottaea nigrostriata	a discomycete		erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia vulgaris/	Artemisia vulgaris	mugwort		dead	stem
apothecium (erumpent)		erumpent apothecium is saprobic on			Fallopia japonica	Japanese Knotweed	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pirottaea nigrostriata/	Pirottaea nigrostriata	a discomycete		erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/	Fallopia japonica	Japanese knotweed

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

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pirottaea nigrostriata (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	Pirottaea nigrostriata (a discomycete)
Genus	Pirottaea (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	DERMATEACEAE (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)

Pirottaea nigrostriata 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 Pirottaea nigrostriata (a discomycete)

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

DERMATEACEAE
(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 Pirottaea nigrostriata (a discomycete):

DERMATEACEAE
(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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