Arachniotus candidus (Eidam) J. Schröt.
(an ascomycete)

Interactions where Arachniotus candidus 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
arthroconidial anamorph		arthroconidial anamorph 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/Gymnoascaceae/Arachniotus candidus/	Arachniotus candidus	an ascomycete				arthroconidial anamorph	Animal / dung / debris saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/	Aves	birds		dead, fallen	feather
gymnothecium		gymnothecium 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/Gymnoascaceae/Arachniotus candidus/	Arachniotus candidus	an ascomycete				gymnothecium	Animal / dung / debris saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/	Aves	birds		dead, fallen	feather
arthroconidial anamorph		arthroconidial anamorph 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/Gymnoascaceae/Arachniotus candidus/	Arachniotus candidus	an ascomycete				arthroconidial anamorph	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Herbivores/	Herbivores	mammalian herbivores			dung
gymnothecium		gymnothecium 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 Keys to Fungi on Dung, Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Gymnoascaceae/Arachniotus candidus/	Arachniotus candidus	an ascomycete				gymnothecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Herbivores/	Herbivores	mammalian herbivores			dung

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
Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997	Keys to Fungi on Dung	2 edition, 68pp, British Mycological Society

Arachniotus candidus (an ascomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Arachniotus candidus (an ascomycete) 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	Arachniotus candidus (an ascomycete)
Genus	Arachniotus (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	GYMNOASCACEAE (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)

Arachniotus candidus 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 Arachniotus candidus (an ascomycete)

Arachniotus candidus (an ascomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

GYMNOASCACEAE
(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 Arachniotus candidus (an ascomycete):

GYMNOASCACEAE
(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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