Thelebolus polysporus (P. Karst.) Otani & Kanzawa
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Thelebolus polysporus is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 (scattered or gregarious, sessile)		scattered or gregarious, sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Bos taurus	Cattle, Domestic Cattle	Artiodactyla: Bovidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Thelebolus polysporus/	Thelebolus polysporus	a discomycete		scattered or gregarious, sessile		apothecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/	Bos taurus	cattle, domestic cattle			dung
apothecium (scattered or gregarious, sessile)		scattered or gregarious, sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Lepus	hares	Lagomorpha: Leporidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Thelebolus polysporus/	Thelebolus polysporus	a discomycete		scattered or gregarious, sessile		apothecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Lagomorpha/Leporidae/Lepus/	Lepus	hares			dung
apothecium (scattered or gregarious, sessile)		scattered or gregarious, sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Oryctolagus cuniculus	Rabbit, European Rabbit	Lagomorpha: Leporidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Thelebolus polysporus/	Thelebolus polysporus	a discomycete		scattered or gregarious, sessile		apothecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Lagomorpha/Leporidae/Oryctolagus cuniculus/	Oryctolagus cuniculus	rabbit, european rabbit			dung
apothecium (scattered or gregarious, sessile)		scattered or gregarious, sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Equus ferus	Horse	Perissodactyla: Equidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Thelebolus polysporus/	Thelebolus polysporus	a discomycete		scattered or gregarious, sessile		apothecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Perissodactyla/Equidae/Equus ferus/	Equus ferus	horse			dung

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Thelebolus polysporus (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))

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Thelebolus polysporus (a discomycete)
Genus	Thelebolus (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	THELEBOLACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	THELEBOLALES (an order of discomycetes)
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)

Thelebolus polysporus 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 Thelebolus polysporus (a discomycete)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Graddon, W.D., Watling, R., Gunnell, J. & Frost, L.C.	1960	British Records 43-57	TBMS Vol 43 (4).

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

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

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 Thelebolus polysporus (a discomycete):

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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