Sesquicillium microsporum (Jaap) Veenb.-Rijks & W. Gams
(an anamorphic fungus)

Interactions where Sesquicillium microsporum 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
Sesquicillium anamorph		colony of Sesquicillium anamorph parasitises sporangium			Didymium melanospermum	a slime mould	Physarida: Didymiaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Ophiocordycipitaceae/Sesquicillium microsporum/	Sesquicillium microsporum	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Sesquicillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Didymiaceae/Didymium melanospermum/	Didymium melanospermum	a slime mould			sporangium
Sesquicillium anamorph		colony of Sesquicillium anamorph parasitises sporangium			Craterium leucocephalum	a slime mould	Physarida: Physaraceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Ophiocordycipitaceae/Sesquicillium microsporum/	Sesquicillium microsporum	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Sesquicillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Physaraceae/Craterium leucocephalum/	Craterium leucocephalum	a slime mould			sporangium
Sesquicillium anamorph		colony of Sesquicillium anamorph parasitises sporangium			Leocarpus fragilis	a slime mould	Physarida: Physaraceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Ophiocordycipitaceae/Sesquicillium microsporum/	Sesquicillium microsporum	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Sesquicillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Physaraceae/Leocarpus fragilis/	Leocarpus fragilis	a slime mould			sporangium
Sesquicillium anamorph		colony of Sesquicillium anamorph parasitises sporangium			Physarum	a genus of slime moulds	Physarida: Physaraceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Ophiocordycipitaceae/Sesquicillium microsporum/	Sesquicillium microsporum	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Sesquicillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Physaraceae/Physarum/	Physarum	a genus of slime moulds			sporangium
Sesquicillium anamorph		colony of Sesquicillium anamorph parasitises sporangium			STEMONITIDACEAE	a family of slime moulds	Stemonitida	The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland, Ing, B., 1999	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Ophiocordycipitaceae/Sesquicillium microsporum/	Sesquicillium microsporum	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Sesquicillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Stemonitida/Stemonitidaceae/	Stemonitidaceae	a family of slime moulds			sporangium

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1999	The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland	374pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Sesquicillium microsporum (an anamorphic fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Sesquicillium microsporum (an anamorphic fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Sesquicillium microsporum (an anamorphic fungus)
Species	Tolypocladium microsporum (a fungus)
Genus	Tolypocladium (a genus of anamorphic ascomycetes)
Family	OPHIOCORDYCIPITACEAE (a family of entomopathogenic fungi)
Order	HYPOCREALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (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)

Sesquicillium microsporum is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
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 Sesquicillium microsporum (an anamorphic fungus)

Sesquicillium microsporum (an anamorphic fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HYPOCREALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sesquicillium microsporum (an anamorphic fungus):

Tolypocladium
(a genus of anamorphic ascomycetes)

HYPOCREALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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