Protocrea farinosa (Berk. & Broome) Petch
(a pyrenomycete)

Interactions where Protocrea farinosa 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
perithecium (subiculate)		subiculate perithecium is saprobic on decaying fruitbody			POLYPORALES	polypores		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 European species of Hypocrea part II: species with hyaline ascospores, Jaklitsch, W.M., 2011	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Protocrea farinosa/	Protocrea farinosa	a pyrenomycete		subiculate		perithecium	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/	Polyporales	polypores		decaying		fruitbody			(5-9)
perithecium (subiculate, superficial or partly immersed)		subiculate, superficial or partly immersed perithecium is saprobic on old fruitbody			Junghuhnia nitida	a bracket fungus	Polyporales: Meruliaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Protocrea farinosa/	Protocrea farinosa	a pyrenomycete		subiculate, superficial or partly immersed		perithecium	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Junghuhnia nitida/	Junghuhnia nitida	a bracket fungus		old	fruitbody				(5-9)
perithecium (subiculate, superficial or partly immersed)		subiculate, superficial or partly immersed perithecium is saprobic on old fruitbody			Perenniporia medulla-panis	Pancake Crust	Polyporales: Polyporaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Protocrea farinosa/	Protocrea farinosa	a pyrenomycete		subiculate, superficial or partly immersed		perithecium	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Perenniporia medulla-panis/	Perenniporia medulla-panis	pancake crust		old	fruitbody				(5-9)
perithecium (subiculate)		subiculate perithecium is saprobic on decaying fruitbody			Skeletocutis	a genus of basidiomycete fungi	Polyporales: Polyporaceae	European species of Hypocrea part II: species with hyaline ascospores, Jaklitsch, W.M., 2011	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Protocrea farinosa/	Protocrea farinosa	a pyrenomycete		subiculate		perithecium	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Skeletocutis/	Skeletocutis	a genus of basidiomycete fungi		decaying		fruitbody			(5-9)
perithecium (subiculate)		subiculate perithecium is saprobic on wood			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Protocrea farinosa/	Protocrea farinosa	a pyrenomycete		subiculate		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes			wood				(5-9)
perithecium (subiculate)		subiculate perithecium is saprobic on wood			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Protocrea farinosa/	Protocrea farinosa	a pyrenomycete		subiculate		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees			wood				(5-9)

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
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Jaklitsch, W.M., 2011	European species of Hypocrea part II: species with hyaline ascospores	FungalDiversity Vol 48: 1–250.

Protocrea farinosa (a pyrenomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Protocrea farinosa (a pyrenomycete) 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:

Species	Protocrea farinosa (a pyrenomycete)
Genus	Protocrea (a genus of fungi)
Family	HYPOCREACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
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)

Protocrea farinosa 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 Protocrea farinosa (a pyrenomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Jaklitsch W.M., Põldmaa K. & Samuels G.J.	2008	Reconsideration of Protocrea (Hypocreales, Hypocreaceae)	Mycologia Vol 100: 962–984.
	Jaklitsch, W.M.	2011	European species of Hypocrea part II: species with hyaline ascospores	FungalDiversity Vol 48: 1–250.

Protocrea farinosa (a pyrenomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HYPOCREACEAE
(a family of pyrenomycetes)

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))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Jaklitsch, W.M.	2009	European species of Hypocrea Part I. The green-spored species	Stud. Mycol. Vol 63: 1-91.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Protocrea farinosa (a pyrenomycete):

HYPOCREACEAE
(a family of pyrenomycetes)

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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