Onygena equina (Willd.) Pers.
(Horn Stalkball)

Interactions where Onygena equina is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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
ascoma		ascoma feeds on dead dead skull of corpse			FRINGILLIDAE	finches and crossbills	Passeriformes	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Onygenaceae/Onygena equina/	Onygena equina	horn stalkball				ascoma	Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder			/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Fringillidae/	Fringillidae	finches and crossbills		dead	skull	corpse
ascoma		ascoma feeds on dead horn			Bos taurus	Cattle, Domestic Cattle	Artiodactyla: Bovidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Onygenaceae/Onygena equina/	Onygena equina	horn stalkball				ascoma	Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/	Bos taurus	cattle, domestic cattle			horn
ascoma		ascoma feeds on dead hoof			Bos taurus	Cattle, Domestic Cattle	Artiodactyla: Bovidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Onygenaceae/Onygena equina/	Onygena equina	horn stalkball				ascoma	Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/	Bos taurus	cattle, domestic cattle			hoof
ascoma		ascoma feeds on dead horn			Ovis aries	Sheep (Domestic and Feral), Feral Sheep	Artiodactyla: Bovidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Onygenaceae/Onygena equina/	Onygena equina	horn stalkball				ascoma	Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/	Ovis aries	sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep			horn
ascoma		ascoma feeds on dead hoof			Ovis aries	Sheep (Domestic and Feral), Feral Sheep	Artiodactyla: Bovidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Onygenaceae/Onygena equina/	Onygena equina	horn stalkball				ascoma	Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/	Ovis aries	sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep			hoof

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Onygena equina (Horn Stalkball) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Onygena equina (Horn Stalkball) 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))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Onygena equina (Horn Stalkball)
Genus	Onygena (stalkball fungi)
Family	ONYGENACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	ONYGENALES (an order of ascomycetes)
Subclass	EUROTIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
Class	EUROTIOMYCETES (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)

Onygena equina 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 Onygena equina (Horn Stalkball)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hobart, C. & Kibby, G.	2003	This striking study of a ram’s skull … Onygena equina	Vol 4 (2) Page: 38

Onygena equina (Horn Stalkball) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ONYGENACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Conservation
DEFRA		Fallen stock FAQ	animalhealth.defra.gov.uk/managing-disease/animalbyproducts/fallen-stock-faq.htm

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Onygena equina (Horn Stalkball):

ONYGENACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

ONYGENALES
(an order 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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