Chaetosphaeria ovoidea (Fr.) Constant., K. Holm & L. Holm
(a pyrenomycete)

Interactions where Chaetosphaeria ovoidea is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
Menispora dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Fallopia	a genus of knotweeds	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria ovoidea/	Chaetosphaeria ovoidea	a pyrenomycete			colony	Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia/	Fallopia	a genus of knotweeds		dead	stem				(mainly winter)
Menispora dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Fallopia japonica	Japanese Knotweed	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria ovoidea/	Chaetosphaeria ovoidea	a pyrenomycete			colony	Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/	Fallopia japonica	Japanese knotweed		dead	stem				(mainly winter)
Menispora dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on wood			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria ovoidea/	Chaetosphaeria ovoidea	a pyrenomycete			colony	Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches			wood				(mainly winter)
Menispora dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on bark			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria ovoidea/	Chaetosphaeria ovoidea	a pyrenomycete			colony	Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches			bark				(mainly winter)
Menispora anamorphMenispora dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Menispora anamorphMenispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on wood			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria ovoidea/	Chaetosphaeria ovoidea	a pyrenomycete			colony	Menispora anamorphMenispora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches			wood				(mainly winter)
Menispora dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on bark			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria ovoidea/	Chaetosphaeria ovoidea	a pyrenomycete			colony	Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches			bark				(mainly winter)
perithecium (superficial)		superficial perithecium is saprobic on decorticate wood			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria ovoidea/	Chaetosphaeria ovoidea	a pyrenomycete		superficial		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		decorticate	wood
Menispora dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on wood			Populus	poplars	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria ovoidea/	Chaetosphaeria ovoidea	a pyrenomycete			colony	Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars			wood				(mainly winter)
Menispora dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on bark			Populus	poplars	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria ovoidea/	Chaetosphaeria ovoidea	a pyrenomycete			colony	Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars			bark				(mainly winter)
Menispora dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on wood			Acer	maples	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria ovoidea/	Chaetosphaeria ovoidea	a pyrenomycete			colony	Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer/	Acer	maples			wood				(mainly winter)
Menispora dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on bark			Acer	maples	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria ovoidea/	Chaetosphaeria ovoidea	a pyrenomycete			colony	Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer/	Acer	maples			bark				(mainly winter)
Menispora dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph 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/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria ovoidea/	Chaetosphaeria ovoidea	a pyrenomycete			colony	Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees			wood				(mainly winter)
Menispora dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on bark			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria ovoidea/	Chaetosphaeria ovoidea	a pyrenomycete			colony	Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees			bark				(mainly winter)
perithecium (superficial)		superficial perithecium is saprobic on decorticate wood			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria ovoidea/	Chaetosphaeria ovoidea	a pyrenomycete		superficial		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		decorticate	wood

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Chaetosphaeria ovoidea (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))

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Chaetosphaeria ovoidea (a pyrenomycete)
Genus	Chaetosphaeria (a genus of pyrenomycetes)
Family	CHAETOSPHAERIACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
Order	CHAETOSPHAERIALES (an order of fungi)
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)

Chaetosphaeria ovoidea 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 Chaetosphaeria ovoidea (a pyrenomycete)

Chaetosphaeria ovoidea (a pyrenomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHAETOSPHAERIACEAE
(a family of pyrenomycetes)

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 Chaetosphaeria ovoidea (a pyrenomycete):

Chaetosphaeria
(a genus of pyrenomycetes)

CHAETOSPHAERIACEAE
(a family of pyrenomycetes)

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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