Phacidium lauri (Sowerby) Crous & D. Hawksw.
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Phacidium lauri 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
apothecium (immersed, stromatic)		immersed, stromatic apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf			Ilex aquifolium	Holly	Aquifoliales: Aquifoliaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Phacidiaceae/Phacidium lauri/	Phacidium lauri	a discomycete		immersed, stromatic		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Aquifoliales/Aquifoliaceae/Ilex aquifolium/	Ilex aquifolium	holly		dead, fallen	leaf				(4-5)
Ceuthospora coelomycetous anamorph (immersed, round, black)		immersed, round, black stroma of Ceuthospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf			Ilex aquifolium	Holly	Aquifoliales: Aquifoliaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Phacidiaceae/Phacidium lauri/	Phacidium lauri	a discomycete		immersed, round, black	stroma	Ceuthospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Aquifoliales/Aquifoliaceae/Ilex aquifolium/	Ilex aquifolium	holly		dead, fallen	leaf				(1-4)
apothecium (hypophyllous, immersed, stromatic)		hypophyllous, immersed, stromatic apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf			Laurus nobilis	Bay, Bay Laurel	Laurales: Lauraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Ascomycetes on leaf litter of Laurus nobilis and Hedera helix, Kirk, P.M. & Spooner, B.M., 1989	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Phacidiaceae/Phacidium lauri/	Phacidium lauri	a discomycete		hypophyllous, immersed, stromatic		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Laurales/Lauraceae/Laurus nobilis/	Laurus nobilis	bay, bay laurel		dead, fallen	leaf				(4-5)
Ceuthospora coelomycetous anamorph (immersed, round, black)		immersed, round, black stroma of Ceuthospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf			Laurus nobilis	Bay, Bay Laurel	Laurales: Lauraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Ascomycetes on leaf litter of Laurus nobilis and Hedera helix, Kirk, P.M. & Spooner, B.M., 1989	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Phacidiaceae/Phacidium lauri/	Phacidium lauri	a discomycete		immersed, round, black	stroma	Ceuthospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Laurales/Lauraceae/Laurus nobilis/	Laurus nobilis	bay, bay laurel		dead, fallen	leaf				(1-4)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Kirk, P.M. & Spooner, B.M., 1989	Ascomycetes on leaf litter of Laurus nobilis and Hedera helix	Mycol. Res. Vol 092 (3): 335-346.

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Phacidium lauri (a discomycete) 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	Phacidium lauri (a discomycete)
Genus	Phacidium (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	PHACIDIACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
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)

Phacidium lauri 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 Phacidium lauri (a discomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Kirk, P.M. & Spooner, B.M.	1989	Ascomycetes on leaf litter of Laurus nobilis and Hedera helix	Mycol. Res. Vol 092 (3): 335-346.

Phacidium lauri (a discomycete) may also 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 Phacidium lauri (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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