Lachnum pygmaeum (Fr.) Bres.
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Lachnum pygmaeum 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 (long slender stalked)		long slender stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead, esp. burnt and partly buried in soil or matted grass branch			Ulex	gorses	Fabales: Fabaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete		long slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, esp. burnt and partly buried in soil or matted grass	branch				(4-10)
apothecium (long slender stalked)		long slender stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead, esp. burnt and partly buried in soil or matted grass root			Ulex	gorses	Fabales: Fabaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete		long slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, esp. burnt and partly buried in soil or matted grass	root				(4-10)
apothecium (long slender stalked)		long slender stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen, lying in grass or partly buried branch			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete		long slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		fallen, lying in grass or partly buried	branch				(4-10)
apothecium (long slender stalked)		long slender stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen, lying in grass or partly buried twig			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete		long slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		fallen, lying in grass or partly buried	twig				(4-10)
apothecium (long slender stalked)		long slender stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen, lying in grass or partly buried branch			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete		long slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		fallen, lying in grass or partly buried	branch				(4-10)
apothecium (long slender stalked)		long slender stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen, lying in grass or partly buried twig			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete		long slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		fallen, lying in grass or partly buried	twig				(4-10)
apothecium (long slender stalked)		long slender stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen, lying in grass or partly buried branch			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete		long slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		fallen, lying in grass or partly buried	branch				(4-10)
apothecium (long slender stalked)		long slender stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen, lying in grass or partly buried twig			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete		long slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		fallen, lying in grass or partly buried	twig				(4-10)
apothecium (long slender stalked)		long slender stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen, lying in grass or partly buried branch			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete		long slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		fallen, lying in grass or partly buried	branch				(4-10)
apothecium (long slender stalked)		long slender stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen, lying in grass or partly buried twig			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete		long slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		fallen, lying in grass or partly buried	twig				(4-10)
apothecium (long slender stalked)		long slender stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen, lying in grass or partly buried branch			Acer	maples	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete		long slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer/	Acer	maples		fallen, lying in grass or partly buried	branch				(4-10)
apothecium (long slender stalked)		long slender stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen, lying in grass or partly buried twig			Acer	maples	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete		long slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer/	Acer	maples		fallen, lying in grass or partly buried	twig				(4-10)
apothecium (long slender stalked)		long slender stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen, lying in grass or partly buried branch			[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 pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete		long slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	broadleaved trees and shrubs		fallen, lying in grass or partly buried	branch				(4-10)
apothecium (long slender stalked)		long slender stalked apothecium is saprobic on fallen, lying in grass or partly buried 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 pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete		long slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	broadleaved trees and shrubs		fallen, lying in grass or partly buried	twig				(4-10)

Interactions where Lachnum pygmaeum 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
apothecium		apothecium is parasitised by colony of Calcarisporium anamorph			Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus	Hypocreales	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/	Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Calcarisporium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete			apothecium		Major			colony of Calcarisporium anamorph parasitises apothecium

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lachnum pygmaeum (a discomycete) may also 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
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Lachnum pygmaeum (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 pygmaeum 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 pygmaeum (a discomycete)

Lachnum pygmaeum (a discomycete) may 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 pygmaeum (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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