Orbilia auricolor (A. Bloxam) Sacc.
(a glasscup)

Interactions where Orbilia auricolor 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		apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen branch			Corylus	hazels	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia auricolor/	Orbilia auricolor	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus/	Corylus	hazels		dead, fallen	branch				(1-12)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen branch			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia auricolor/	Orbilia auricolor	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead, fallen	branch				(1-12)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen branch			Acer	maples	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia auricolor/	Orbilia auricolor	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer/	Acer	maples		dead, fallen	branch				(1-12)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen branch			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia auricolor/	Orbilia auricolor	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, fallen	branch				(1-12)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen branch			Cupressus	a genus of cypresses	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia auricolor/	Orbilia auricolor	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cupressus/	Cupressus	a genus of cypresses		dead, fallen	branch				(1-12)

Orbilia auricolor (a glasscup) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Orbilia auricolor (a glasscup) 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	Orbilia auricolor (a glasscup)
Genus	Orbilia (glasscup discomycetes)
Family	ORBILIACEAE (glasscup discomycetes)
Order	ORBILIALES (glasscups)
Subclass	ORBILIOMYCETIDAE (glasscups)
Class	ORBILIOMYCETES (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)

Orbilia auricolor 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 Orbilia auricolor (a glasscup)

Orbilia auricolor (a glasscup) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ORBILIACEAE
(glasscup discomycetes)

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 Orbilia auricolor (a glasscup):

ORBILIACEAE
(glasscup discomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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