Daldinia fissa Lloyd
(Gorse Cramp Ball)

Interactions where Daldinia fissa 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
stroma (pulvinate, erumpent or superficial)		pulvinate, erumpent or superficial stroma is saprobic on burnt branch			Ulex europaeus	Gorse, Furze, Whin	Fabales: Fabaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Notes and Records (July 2001), Henrici, A., 2001 Daldinia concentrica versus Daldinia vernicosa, Whalley, A.J.S. & Watling, R., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Daldinia fissa/	Daldinia fissa	gorse cramp ball		pulvinate, erumpent or superficial		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex europaeus/	Ulex europaeus	gorse, furze, whin		burnt	branch		Major
stroma (pulvinate, erumpent or superficial)		pulvinate, erumpent or superficial stroma is saprobic on burnt wood			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Secondary metabolite profiles, genetic fingerprints and taxonomy of Daldinia and allies, Stadler, M., Wollweber, H., Mühlbauer, A., Henkel, T., Asakawa, Y., Hashimoto, T, 2001	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Daldinia fissa/	Daldinia fissa	gorse cramp ball		pulvinate, erumpent or superficial		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		burnt	wood
stroma (pulvinate, erumpent or superficial)		pulvinate, erumpent or superficial stroma is saprobic on burnt wood			Carpinus betulus	Hornbeam	Fagales: Betulaceae	Secondary metabolite profiles, genetic fingerprints and taxonomy of Daldinia and allies, Stadler, M., Wollweber, H., Mühlbauer, A., Henkel, T., Asakawa, Y., Hashimoto, T, 2001	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Daldinia fissa/	Daldinia fissa	gorse cramp ball		pulvinate, erumpent or superficial		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Carpinus betulus/	Carpinus betulus	hornbeam		burnt	wood
stroma (pulvinate, erumpent or superficial)		pulvinate, erumpent or superficial stroma is saprobic on burnt wood			Corylus	hazels	Fagales: Betulaceae	Secondary metabolite profiles, genetic fingerprints and taxonomy of Daldinia and allies, Stadler, M., Wollweber, H., Mühlbauer, A., Henkel, T., Asakawa, Y., Hashimoto, T, 2001	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Daldinia fissa/	Daldinia fissa	gorse cramp ball		pulvinate, erumpent or superficial		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus/	Corylus	hazels		burnt	wood
stroma (pulvinate, erumpent or superficial)		pulvinate, erumpent or superficial stroma is saprobic on burnt wood			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Secondary metabolite profiles, genetic fingerprints and taxonomy of Daldinia and allies, Stadler, M., Wollweber, H., Mühlbauer, A., Henkel, T., Asakawa, Y., Hashimoto, T, 2001	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Daldinia fissa/	Daldinia fissa	gorse cramp ball		pulvinate, erumpent or superficial		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		burnt	wood
stroma (pulvinate, erumpent or superficial)		pulvinate, erumpent or superficial stroma is saprobic on wood			Quercus rubra	Red Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Secondary metabolite profiles, genetic fingerprints and taxonomy of Daldinia and allies, Stadler, M., Wollweber, H., Mühlbauer, A., Henkel, T., Asakawa, Y., Hashimoto, T, 2001	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Daldinia fissa/	Daldinia fissa	gorse cramp ball		pulvinate, erumpent or superficial		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak			wood
stroma (pulvinate, erumpent or superficial)		pulvinate, erumpent or superficial stroma is saprobic on wood			Aesculus hippocastanum	Horse Chestnut, Horse-chestnut	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Secondary metabolite profiles, genetic fingerprints and taxonomy of Daldinia and allies, Stadler, M., Wollweber, H., Mühlbauer, A., Henkel, T., Asakawa, Y., Hashimoto, T, 2001	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Daldinia fissa/	Daldinia fissa	gorse cramp ball		pulvinate, erumpent or superficial		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Aesculus hippocastanum/	Aesculus hippocastanum	horse chestnut, horse-chestnut			wood

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
Henrici, A., 2001	Notes and Records (July 2001)	Field Mycology Vol 2 (3): 80-81.
Stadler, M., Wollweber, H., Mühlbauer, A., Henkel, T., Asakawa, Y., Hashimoto, T, 2001	Secondary metabolite profiles, genetic fingerprints and taxonomy of Daldinia and allies	Mycotaxon 77: 379-429.
Whalley, A.J.S. & Watling, R., 1980	Daldinia concentrica versus Daldinia vernicosa	TBMS Vol 74 (2): 399-406.

Daldinia fissa (Gorse Cramp Ball) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Daldinia fissa (Gorse Cramp Ball) 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	Daldinia fissa (Gorse Cramp Ball)
Genus	Daldinia (cramp-balls)
Family	XYLARIACEAE (a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
Order	XYLARIALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
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)

Daldinia fissa 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 Daldinia fissa (Gorse Cramp Ball)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Whalley, A.J.S. & Watling, R.	1980	Daldinia concentrica versus Daldinia vernicosa	TBMS Vol 74 (2): 399-406.

Daldinia fissa (Gorse Cramp Ball) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Daldinia
(cramp-balls)

XYLARIACEAE
(a family of stromatic 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 Daldinia fissa (Gorse Cramp Ball):

Daldinia
(cramp-balls)

XYLARIACEAE
(a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

BioImages

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