Lachnum corticale (Pers.) Nannf.
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Lachnum corticale 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
apothecium (somewhat short-stalked)		somewhat short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead branch			Hedera	ivies	Apiales: Araliaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum corticale/	Lachnum corticale	a discomycete		somewhat short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Hedera/	Hedera	ivies		dead	branch				(3-12)
apothecium (somewhat short-stalked)		somewhat short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead twig			Viburnum	viburnums	Dipsacales: Adoxaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum corticale/	Lachnum corticale	a discomycete		somewhat short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Adoxaceae/Viburnum/	Viburnum	viburnums		dead	twig				(3-12)
apothecium (somewhat short-stalked)		somewhat short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead branch			Viburnum	viburnums	Dipsacales: Adoxaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum corticale/	Lachnum corticale	a discomycete		somewhat short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Adoxaceae/Viburnum/	Viburnum	viburnums		dead	branch				(3-12)
apothecium (somewhat short-stalked)		somewhat short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Lonicera	honeysuckles	Dipsacales: Caprifoliaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum corticale/	Lachnum corticale	a discomycete		somewhat short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Lonicera/	Lonicera	honeysuckles		dead	stem				(3-12)
apothecium (somewhat short-stalked)		somewhat short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead twig			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum corticale/	Lachnum corticale	a discomycete		somewhat short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		dead	twig				(3-12)
apothecium (somewhat short-stalked)		somewhat short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead branch			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum corticale/	Lachnum corticale	a discomycete		somewhat short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		dead	branch				(3-12)
apothecium (somewhat short-stalked)		somewhat short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead twig			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum corticale/	Lachnum corticale	a discomycete		somewhat short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead	twig				(3-12)
apothecium (somewhat short-stalked)		somewhat short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead branch			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum corticale/	Lachnum corticale	a discomycete		somewhat short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead	branch				(3-12)
apothecium (somewhat short-stalked)		somewhat short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead twig			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum corticale/	Lachnum corticale	a discomycete		somewhat short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead	twig				(3-12)
apothecium (somewhat short-stalked)		somewhat short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead branch			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum corticale/	Lachnum corticale	a discomycete		somewhat short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead	branch				(3-12)
apothecium (somewhat short-stalked)		somewhat short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead twig			[Broadleaved trees and shrubs]	broadleaved trees and shrubs		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum corticale/	Lachnum corticale	a discomycete		somewhat short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	broadleaved trees and shrubs		dead	twig				(3-12)
apothecium (somewhat short-stalked)		somewhat short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead branch			[Broadleaved trees and shrubs]	broadleaved trees and shrubs		Recording discomycetes in Worcestershire, Clark, M.C., 1984 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum corticale/	Lachnum corticale	a discomycete		somewhat short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	broadleaved trees and shrubs		dead	branch				(3-12)

Lachnum corticale (a discomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lachnum corticale (a discomycete) 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
Clark, M.C., 1984	Recording discomycetes in Worcestershire	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 18 (2): 121-125.
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:

Species	Lachnum corticale (a discomycete)
Genus	Lachnum (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	LACHNACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (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)

Lachnum corticale is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
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 Lachnum corticale (a discomycete)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Clark, M.C.	1984	Recording discomycetes in Worcestershire	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 18 (2): 121-125.

Lachnum corticale (a discomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lachnum corticale (a discomycete):

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

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