[Coelomycetes] Grove
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Interactions where [Coelomycetes] is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
conidioma is parasitised by Naohidea sebacea a ustilaginomycete Naohideales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Cystobasidiomycetes/Naohideales/Naohidea sebacea/Naohidea sebaceaa ustilaginomycete Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Ascomycota/Coelomycetes/Coelomycetesstem- and leaf-fungiconidioma parasitises conidioma

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

[Coelomycetes] (stem- and leaf-fungi) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

[Coelomycetes] (stem- and leaf-fungi) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Form genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Anamorphic Species 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Genus 1 subtaxa 13 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Anamorphic Species 3 trophisms
Genus 39 subtaxa 54 trophisms
Genus 4 subtaxa 6 trophisms
Genus 16 subtaxa 40 trophisms 1 references
Genus 17 subtaxa 24 trophisms 1 references
Genus 2 subtaxa 19 trophisms 5 references
Genus 29 subtaxa 37 trophisms 1 references
Genus 131 subtaxa 225 trophisms 4 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 6 trophisms
Genus 3 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Genus 21 subtaxa 32 trophisms
Genus 165 subtaxa 357 trophisms 17 references
Form genus 11 subtaxa 16 trophisms
Genus 6 subtaxa 26 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 34 trophisms 1 references
Genus 119 subtaxa 263 trophisms 4 references
Genus 21 subtaxa 30 trophisms 1 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Genus 8 subtaxa 11 trophisms
Genus 10 subtaxa 15 trophisms
Genus 44 subtaxa 136 trophisms 4 references
Genus 50 subtaxa 69 trophisms 10 references
Genus 3 subtaxa 8 trophisms
Anamorphic Species 2 trophisms
Anamorphic Species 1 trophisms
Genus 7 subtaxa 52 trophisms 1 references
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Genus 5 subtaxa 5 trophisms
Anamorphic Species 24 trophisms 2 references
Anamorphic Species 2 trophisms
Anamorphic Species 6 trophisms
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Genus 3 subtaxa 12 trophisms 3 references
Genus 2 subtaxa 9 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 6 trophisms 3 references
Genus 6 subtaxa 14 trophisms
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Anamorphic Species 2 trophisms
Genus 5 subtaxa 8 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Anamorphic Species 8 trophisms
Anamorphic Species 1 trophisms
Genus 28 subtaxa 84 trophisms 3 references
Anamorphic Species 2 trophisms
Genus 120 subtaxa 234 trophisms 3 references
Genus 10 subtaxa 12 trophisms
Genus 21 subtaxa 36 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Anamorphic Species 3 trophisms 1 references
Anamorphic Species 1 trophisms
Genus 50 subtaxa 167 trophisms 1 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 8 trophisms
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Genus 12 subtaxa 29 trophisms
Genus 6 subtaxa 8 trophisms 1 references
Genus 3 subtaxa 16 trophisms
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Genus 7 subtaxa 7 trophisms 1 references
Genus 2 subtaxa 9 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[Coelomycetes] (stem- and leaf-fungi)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for [Coelomycetes] (stem- and leaf-fungi)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Ellis, M.B. & J.P. 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook 2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B. 1937 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. II … Sphaeropsidales (rest) + Melanconiales Vol II, 407pp, Cambridge University Press
Grove, W.B. 1935 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Sutton, B.C. 1980 The Coelomycetes: Fungi Imperfecti with Pycnidia, Acervuli and Stromata 696pp, CABI

Lichenicolous Fungi

Hawksworth, D.L., Atienza, V. & Coppins, B.J. 2010 Artifical Keys to the Lichenicolous Fungi of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands, Iberian Peninsula, and Canary Islands

Lichenicolous Species

Hawksworth, D.L. 1981 The lichenicolous Coelomycetes Bull. Br. mus. nat. hist. bot. Vol 9 (1): 1-98.

Plant Pathology

() Ellis, M.B. & J.P. 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook 2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Moore, W.C. 1959 British Parasitic Fungi 430pp, Cambridge University Press

[Coelomycetes] (stem- and leaf-fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 1990 Developments in the taxonomy of anamorphic fungi Stud. Mycol. No. 32.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to [Coelomycetes] (stem- and leaf-fungi):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 464 images of [Coelomycetes] (stem- and leaf-fungi)

Coelomycetes are anamorphic ascomycetes - ie they are an asexual phase in the life-cycle. In some cases they precede the sexual stage, in others they persist in isolation and the sexual stage is rare or unknown. Some are even spermatia which produce the gametes which give rise to the sexual stage.

In the absence of the sexual stage they were named and classified, according to their asexual morphology, into the so-called "form genera". Nowadays these have no taxonomic significance, although they are still used as names for the asexual morphology.

This is a purely artificial classification (some would call it a "dumping ground") for anamorphic fungi (ie fungi where the stage that produces sexual spores is not formed or is unknown), and where the asexual spores (conidia) are formed inside a closed body, or one that is initially closed.

Coelomycetes are saprobes on dead plant material, or parasites which cause small infection spots on living leaves and stems. Many are species-specific, or at least have traditionally been treated as distinct species on different hosts.

Over the years, the members have been gradually removed as laboratory cultures have yielded the sexual states. More recently DNA sequencing has superseded this and the classification will eventually disappear. Nevertheless "coelomycete" remains a useful descriptive term for the asexual state of many ascomycetes.

Coelomycetes are divided into those which form pycnidia (closed structures from which the conidia issue through the ostiole, a small circular opening) and those which form acervuli (effectively everted pycnidia) with the conidia produced on the outside and termed "pustules".

Most coelomycetes are plant-pathogens or grow on dead plant material, although a few attack lichens or rusts.

It is best to collect coelomycetes in damp periods when they have ripe conidia; often these are visible en masse either as a white or grey, sometimes orange whisker arising from the ostiole or as a waxy deposit on the surface of the pycnidium or substrate.

Damp chamber culturing is useful. Often this just means leaving a few infected leaves in a sealed box in a cool place for a few days.

Following such culturing, a spore tendril often issues from the ostiole. This is useful in confirming which pycnidia are living and enables easy determination of spore colour.

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