Ascotremella faginea (Peck) Seaver
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Ascotremella faginea 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
apothecium (short-stalked)		short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen trunk			Sambucus	elders	Dipsacales: Adoxaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Ascotremella faginea/	Ascotremella faginea	a discomycete		short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Adoxaceae/Sambucus/	Sambucus	elders		fallen	trunk		Major		(7-10)
apothecium (short-stalked)		short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen branch			Sambucus	elders	Dipsacales: Adoxaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Ascotremella faginea/	Ascotremella faginea	a discomycete		short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Adoxaceae/Sambucus/	Sambucus	elders		fallen	branch		Major		(7-10)
apothecium (short-stalked)		short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen trunk			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Ascotremella faginea/	Ascotremella faginea	a discomycete		short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		fallen	trunk		Major		(7-10)
apothecium (short-stalked)		short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen branch			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Ascotremella faginea/	Ascotremella faginea	a discomycete		short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		fallen	branch		Major		(7-10)
apothecium (short-stalked)		short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen trunk			Acer	maples	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Ascotremella faginea/	Ascotremella faginea	a discomycete		short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer/	Acer	maples		fallen	trunk		Major		(7-10)
apothecium (short-stalked)		short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen branch			Acer	maples	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Ascotremella faginea/	Ascotremella faginea	a discomycete		short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer/	Acer	maples		fallen	branch		Major		(7-10)
apothecium (short-stalked)		short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen trunk			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Ascotremella faginea/	Ascotremella faginea	a discomycete		short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		fallen	trunk				(7-10)
apothecium (short-stalked)		short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen branch			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Ascotremella faginea/	Ascotremella faginea	a discomycete		short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		fallen	branch				(7-10)

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

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ascotremella faginea (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))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Ascotremella faginea (a discomycete)
Family	HELOTIACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
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)

Ascotremella faginea is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
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 Ascotremella faginea (a discomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M.	1946	New or interesting British fungi	TBMS Vol 29 (3): 141-166.
	Dennis, R.W.G.	1971	New or Interesting British Microfungi	Kew Bulletin 25 (2): 335-374.

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

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ascotremella faginea (a discomycete):

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

BioImages

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