Lophium mytilinum (Pers.) Fr.
(an ascomycete)

Interactions where Lophium mytilinum 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
hysterothecium		hysterothecium is saprobic on dead, old, decorticate log			Picea sitchensis	Sitka Spruce	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Mytilinidiaceae/Lophium mytilinum/	Lophium mytilinum	an ascomycete				hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/	Picea sitchensis	Sitka spruce		dead, old, decorticate	log		Minor		(7-8)
hysterothecium		hysterothecium is saprobic on log (especially scars of cut-off branches)			Pinus nigra ssp salzmannii var corsicana	Corsican Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Mytilinidiaceae/Lophium mytilinum/	Lophium mytilinum	an ascomycete				hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicana/	Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicana	Corsican pine			log (especially scars of cut-off branches)				(7-8)
hysterothecium		hysterothecium is saprobic on twig			Pinus nigra ssp salzmannii var corsicana	Corsican Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Mytilinidiaceae/Lophium mytilinum/	Lophium mytilinum	an ascomycete				hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicana/	Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicana	Corsican pine			twig				(7-8)
hysterothecium		hysterothecium is saprobic on log (especially scars of cut-off branches)			Pinus sylvestris	Scots Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Mytilinidiaceae/Lophium mytilinum/	Lophium mytilinum	an ascomycete				hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/	Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine			log (especially scars of cut-off branches)				(7-8)
hysterothecium		hysterothecium is saprobic on twig			Pinus sylvestris	Scots Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Mytilinidiaceae/Lophium mytilinum/	Lophium mytilinum	an ascomycete				hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/	Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine			twig				(7-8)

Lophium mytilinum (an ascomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lophium mytilinum (an ascomycete) 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
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	Lophium mytilinum (an ascomycete)
Genus	Lophium (a genus of fungi)
Family	MYTILINIDIACEAE (a family of hysteroid ascomycetes)
Order	MYTILINIDIALES (an order of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (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)

Lophium mytilinum is also a member of:
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 Lophium mytilinum (an ascomycete)

Lophium mytilinum (an ascomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

General Literature

Notes on British Hysteriales

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Lophium mytilinum (an ascomycete):

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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