Diplococcium spicatum Grove
(a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Interactions where Diplococcium spicatum 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
Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, often rotting wood			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Helminthosphaeriaceae/Diplococcium spicatum/	Diplococcium spicatum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		dead, often rotting	wood
Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, often rotting 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/Sordariales/Helminthosphaeriaceae/Diplococcium spicatum/	Diplococcium spicatum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, often rotting	wood
Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, often rotting wood			Quercus	oaks	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/Sordariales/Helminthosphaeriaceae/Diplococcium spicatum/	Diplococcium spicatum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead, often rotting	wood
Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, often rotting wood			Prunus	plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry	Rosales: Rosaceae	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/Sordariales/Helminthosphaeriaceae/Diplococcium spicatum/	Diplococcium spicatum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus/	Prunus	plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry		dead, often rotting	wood
Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, often rotting wood			Sorbus	whitebeams	Rosales: Rosaceae	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/Sordariales/Helminthosphaeriaceae/Diplococcium spicatum/	Diplococcium spicatum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus/	Sorbus	whitebeams		dead, often rotting	wood
Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, often rotting wood			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	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/Sordariales/Helminthosphaeriaceae/Diplococcium spicatum/	Diplococcium spicatum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Diplococcium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines		dead, often rotting	wood

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Diplococcium spicatum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) 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:

Anamorphic Species	Diplococcium spicatum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
Form genus	Diplococcium (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)
Family	HELMINTHOSPHAERIACEAE (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)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Diplococcium spicatum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

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

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Diplococcium spicatum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus):

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Creative Commons License

This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)