Dactylosporium macropus (Corda) Harz
(a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Interactions where Dactylosporium macropus 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
Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Heracleum sphondylium	Hogweed	Apiales: Apiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Dactylosporium macropus/	Dactylosporium macropus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Heracleum sphondylium/	Heracleum sphondylium	hogweed		dead	stem		Minor
Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Ilex aquifolium	Holly	Aquifoliales: Aquifoliaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Dactylosporium macropus/	Dactylosporium macropus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Aquifoliales/Aquifoliaceae/Ilex aquifolium/	Ilex aquifolium	holly		dead	branch
Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Arctium	burdocks	Asterales: Asteraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Dactylosporium macropus/	Dactylosporium macropus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium/	Arctium	burdocks		dead	stem		Minor
Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Dactylosporium macropus/	Dactylosporium macropus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead	branch
Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Dactylosporium macropus/	Dactylosporium macropus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead	branch
Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Acer	maples	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Dactylosporium macropus/	Dactylosporium macropus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer/	Acer	maples		dead	branch
Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Dactylosporium macropus/	Dactylosporium macropus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead	branch
Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			[Tall Woody Herbs]	tall woody herbs		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Dactylosporium macropus/	Dactylosporium macropus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Tall Woody Herbs/	Tall Woody Herbs	tall woody herbs		dead	stem		Minor

Dactylosporium macropus (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Dactylosporium macropus (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) 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))

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Dactylosporium macropus (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
Family	ORBILIACEAE (glasscup discomycetes)
Order	ORBILIALES (glasscups)
Subclass	ORBILIOMYCETIDAE (glasscups)
Class	ORBILIOMYCETES (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)

Dactylosporium macropus 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 Dactylosporium macropus (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Dactylosporium macropus (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ORBILIACEAE
(glasscup discomycetes)

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 Dactylosporium macropus (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus):

ORBILIACEAE
(glasscup discomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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