Morenoina minuta J.P. Ellis
(a fly speck fungus)

Interactions where Morenoina minuta 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
thyriothecium		thyriothecium is saprobic on dead leaf			Carex flacca	Glaucous Sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	The genus Morenoina in Britain, Ellis, J.P., 1980 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Morenoina minuta/	Morenoina minuta	a fly speck fungus				thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex flacca/	Carex flacca	glaucous sedge		dead	leaf
thyriothecium		thyriothecium is saprobic on dead sheath			Carex flacca	Glaucous Sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	The genus Morenoina in Britain, Ellis, J.P., 1980 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Morenoina minuta/	Morenoina minuta	a fly speck fungus				thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex flacca/	Carex flacca	glaucous sedge		dead	sheath
thyriothecium		thyriothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Carex flacca	Glaucous Sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	The genus Morenoina in Britain, Ellis, J.P., 1980 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Morenoina minuta/	Morenoina minuta	a fly speck fungus				thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex flacca/	Carex flacca	glaucous sedge		dead	stem
thyriothecium		thyriothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Cladium mariscus	Great Fen-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	The genus Morenoina in Britain, Ellis, J.P., 1980 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Morenoina minuta/	Morenoina minuta	a fly speck fungus				thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cladium mariscus/	Cladium mariscus	great fen-sedge		dead	stem
thyriothecium		thyriothecium is saprobic on dead leaf			Cladium mariscus	Great Fen-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	The genus Morenoina in Britain, Ellis, J.P., 1980 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Morenoina minuta/	Morenoina minuta	a fly speck fungus				thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cladium mariscus/	Cladium mariscus	great fen-sedge		dead	leaf
thyriothecium		thyriothecium is saprobic on dead sheath			Cladium mariscus	Great Fen-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	The genus Morenoina in Britain, Ellis, J.P., 1980 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Morenoina minuta/	Morenoina minuta	a fly speck fungus				thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cladium mariscus/	Cladium mariscus	great fen-sedge		dead	sheath
thyriothecium		thyriothecium is saprobic on dead leaf			Juncus effusus	Soft Rush, Soft-rush	Poales: Juncaceae	The genus Morenoina in Britain, Ellis, J.P., 1980 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Morenoina minuta/	Morenoina minuta	a fly speck fungus				thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus effusus/	Juncus effusus	soft rush, soft-rush		dead	leaf				(mainly 5)
thyriothecium		thyriothecium is saprobic on dead sheath			Juncus effusus	Soft Rush, Soft-rush	Poales: Juncaceae	The genus Morenoina in Britain, Ellis, J.P., 1980 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Morenoina minuta/	Morenoina minuta	a fly speck fungus				thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus effusus/	Juncus effusus	soft rush, soft-rush		dead	sheath				(mainly 5)
thyriothecium		thyriothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Juncus effusus	Soft Rush, Soft-rush	Poales: Juncaceae	The genus Morenoina in Britain, Ellis, J.P., 1980 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Morenoina minuta/	Morenoina minuta	a fly speck fungus				thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus effusus/	Juncus effusus	soft rush, soft-rush		dead	stem				(mainly 5)

Morenoina minuta (a fly speck fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Morenoina minuta (a fly speck fungus) 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, J.P., 1980	The genus Morenoina in Britain	TBMS Vol 74 (2): 297-307.
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	Morenoina minuta (a fly speck fungus)
Genus	Morenoina (a genus of fly speck fungi)
Family	ASTERINACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	ASTERINALES (an order of fungi)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass 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)

Morenoina minuta 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 Morenoina minuta (a fly speck fungus)

Morenoina minuta (a fly speck fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Morenoina
(a genus of fly speck fungi)

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))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Morenoina minuta (a fly speck fungus):

Morenoina
(a genus of fly speck fungi)

ASTERINACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

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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