Cephalotheca sulfurea Fuckel
(an ascomycete)

Interactions where Cephalotheca sulfurea 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
cleistothecium (gregarious, superficial)		gregarious, superficial cleistothecium is saprobic on rotting wood			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Profiles of Fungi No. 86: Cephalotheca sulfurea Fuckel, Fortey, R.A., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Cephalothecaceae/Cephalotheca sulfurea/	Cephalotheca sulfurea	an ascomycete		gregarious, superficial		cleistothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		rotting	wood		Major
cleistothecium (gregarious, superficial)		gregarious, superficial cleistothecium is saprobic on rotting bark			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Profiles of Fungi No. 86: Cephalotheca sulfurea Fuckel, Fortey, R.A., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Cephalothecaceae/Cephalotheca sulfurea/	Cephalotheca sulfurea	an ascomycete		gregarious, superficial		cleistothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		rotting	bark		Major
cleistothecium (gregarious, superficial)		gregarious, superficial cleistothecium is saprobic on rotting bark (inner surface)			Quercus robur	Pedunculate Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Profiles of Fungi No. 86: Cephalotheca sulfurea Fuckel, Fortey, R.A., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Cephalothecaceae/Cephalotheca sulfurea/	Cephalotheca sulfurea	an ascomycete		gregarious, superficial		cleistothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus robur/	Quercus robur	pedunculate oak		rotting	bark (inner surface)
cleistothecium (gregarious, superficial)		gregarious, superficial cleistothecium is saprobic on rotting wood			[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Cephalothecaceae/Cephalotheca sulfurea/	Cephalotheca sulfurea	an ascomycete		gregarious, superficial		cleistothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		rotting	wood
cleistothecium (gregarious, superficial)		gregarious, superficial cleistothecium is saprobic on rotting bark			[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Cephalothecaceae/Cephalotheca sulfurea/	Cephalotheca sulfurea	an ascomycete		gregarious, superficial		cleistothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		rotting	bark

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
Fortey, R.A., 1997	Profiles of Fungi No. 86: Cephalotheca sulfurea Fuckel	Mycologist Vol 11 (3): 132.

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Cephalotheca sulfurea (an ascomycete) 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	Cephalotheca sulfurea (an ascomycete)
Genus	Cephalotheca (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	CEPHALOTHECACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	SORDARIALES (an order of ascomycetes)
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)

Cephalotheca sulfurea 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 Cephalotheca sulfurea (an ascomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Fortey, R.A.	1997	Profiles of Fungi No. 86: Cephalotheca sulfurea Fuckel	Mycologist Vol 11 (3): 132.

Cephalotheca sulfurea (an ascomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cephalotheca sulfurea (an ascomycete):

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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