Onygena corvina Alb. & Schwein.
(Feather Stalkball)

Interactions where Onygena corvina 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
ascoma		ascoma feeds on animal debris dead, fallen feather			AVES	birds		Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Onygenaceae/Onygena corvina/	Onygena corvina	feather stalkball				ascoma	Animal / dung / debris saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/	Aves	birds		dead, fallen	feather		Major
ascoma		ascoma feeds on animal debris pellet			STRIGIFORMES	owls		Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Onygenaceae/Onygena corvina/	Onygena corvina	feather stalkball				ascoma	Animal / dung / debris saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Strigiformes/	Strigiformes	owls			pellet		Major
ascoma		ascoma feeds on animal debris hair			MAMMALIA	mammals		Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Onygenaceae/Onygena corvina/	Onygena corvina	feather stalkball				ascoma	Animal / dung / debris saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/	Mammalia	mammals			hair		Major
ascoma		ascoma feeds on animal debris wool			Ovis aries	Sheep (Domestic and Feral), Feral Sheep	Artiodactyla: Bovidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Onygenaceae/Onygena corvina/	Onygena corvina	feather stalkball				ascoma	Animal / dung / debris saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/	Ovis aries	sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep			wool		Major
ascoma		ascoma is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			[Herbivores]	mammalian herbivores		Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Onygenaceae/Onygena corvina/	Onygena corvina	feather stalkball				ascoma	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Herbivores/	Herbivores	mammalian herbivores			dung		Minor

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

Onygena corvina (Feather Stalkball) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Onygena corvina (Feather Stalkball) 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	Onygena corvina (Feather Stalkball)
Genus	Onygena (stalkball fungi)
Family	ONYGENACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	ONYGENALES (an order of ascomycetes)
Subclass	EUROTIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
Class	EUROTIOMYCETES (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)

Onygena corvina 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 Onygena corvina (Feather Stalkball)

Onygena corvina (Feather Stalkball) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ONYGENACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

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 Onygena corvina (Feather Stalkball):

ONYGENACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

ONYGENALES
(an order of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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