Hypoxylon rubiginosum (Pers.) Fr.
(Rusty Woodwart)

Interactions where Hypoxylon rubiginosum 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
stroma		stroma is saprobic on dead wood			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies, Anderson, R., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum/	Hypoxylon rubiginosum	rusty woodwart				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead	wood
stroma		stroma is saprobic on dead bark			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies, Anderson, R., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum/	Hypoxylon rubiginosum	rusty woodwart				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead	bark
stroma		stroma is saprobic on dead wood			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies, Anderson, R., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum/	Hypoxylon rubiginosum	rusty woodwart				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead	wood
stroma		stroma is saprobic on dead bark			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies, Anderson, R., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum/	Hypoxylon rubiginosum	rusty woodwart				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead	bark
stroma		stroma is saprobic on dead wood			Populus	poplars	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies, Anderson, R., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum/	Hypoxylon rubiginosum	rusty woodwart				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars		dead	wood
stroma		stroma is saprobic on dead bark			Populus	poplars	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies, Anderson, R., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum/	Hypoxylon rubiginosum	rusty woodwart				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars		dead	bark
stroma		stroma is saprobic on dead wood			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies, Anderson, R., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum/	Hypoxylon rubiginosum	rusty woodwart				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		dead	wood
stroma		stroma is saprobic on dead bark			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies, Anderson, R., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum/	Hypoxylon rubiginosum	rusty woodwart				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		dead	bark
stroma		stroma is saprobic on dead wood			Ulmus	elms	Rosales: Ulmaceae	Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies, Anderson, R., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum/	Hypoxylon rubiginosum	rusty woodwart				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		dead	wood
stroma		stroma is saprobic on dead bark			Ulmus	elms	Rosales: Ulmaceae	Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies, Anderson, R., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum/	Hypoxylon rubiginosum	rusty woodwart				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		dead	bark
stroma		stroma is saprobic on dead wood			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies, Anderson, R., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum/	Hypoxylon rubiginosum	rusty woodwart				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead	wood
stroma		stroma is saprobic on dead bark			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies, Anderson, R., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum/	Hypoxylon rubiginosum	rusty woodwart				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead	bark

Interactions where Hypoxylon rubiginosum is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
(live)		live stroma is galled by encanopied larva			Mycocecis ovalis	a gall midge	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Gall development in Fungi, Evans, R.E., 1979	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Mycocecis ovalis/	Mycocecis ovalis	a gall midge		encanopied		larva	Fungus / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum/	Hypoxylon rubiginosum	rusty woodwart		live		stroma	Sole			encanopied larva causes galls on live stroma

Hypoxylon rubiginosum (Rusty Woodwart) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Hypoxylon rubiginosum (Rusty Woodwart) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hypoxylon
(woodwart fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Author & Year	Title	Source
Anderson, R., 2008	Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies	Field Mycology Vol 9 (2): 41-48.
Evans, R.E., 1979	Gall development in Fungi	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 13 (2): 131-132.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hypoxylon rubiginosum (Rusty Woodwart)
Genus	Hypoxylon (woodwart fungi)
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)

Hypoxylon rubiginosum 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 Hypoxylon rubiginosum (Rusty Woodwart)

Hypoxylon rubiginosum (Rusty Woodwart) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Hypoxylon
(woodwart fungi)

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 Hypoxylon rubiginosum (Rusty Woodwart):

Hypoxylon
(woodwart fungi)

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))

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