Scolecobasidium salinum (G.K. Sutherl.) M.B. Ellis
(a marine anamorphic fungus)

Interactions where Scolecobasidium salinum 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
Scolecobasidium anamorph		Scolecobasidium anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus			Fucus serratus	Saw Wrack, Serrated Wrack, Toothed Wrack	Fucales: Fucaceae	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Scolecobasidium salinum/	Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus				Scolecobasidium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus serratus/	Fucus serratus	saw wrack, serrated wrack, toothed wrack		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus
Scolecobasidium anamorph		Scolecobasidium anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus			Fucus spiralis	Flat Wrack, Spiral Wrack	Fucales: Fucaceae	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Scolecobasidium salinum/	Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus				Scolecobasidium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus spiralis/	Fucus spiralis	flat wrack, spiral wrack		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus
Scolecobasidium anamorph		Scolecobasidium anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus			Sargassum muticum	Japweed, Wireweed	Fucales: Sargassaceae	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Scolecobasidium salinum/	Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus				Scolecobasidium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Sargassaceae/Sargassum muticum/	Sargassum muticum	japweed, wireweed		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus
Scolecobasidium anamorph		Scolecobasidium anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus			Laminaria	kelps	Laminariales: Laminariaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Scolecobasidium salinum/	Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus				Scolecobasidium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Laminariales/Laminariaceae/Laminaria/	Laminaria	kelps		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus
Scolecobasidium anamorph		Scolecobasidium anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus			Laminaria digitata	Tangle, Oarweed	Laminariales: Laminariaceae	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Scolecobasidium salinum/	Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus				Scolecobasidium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Laminariales/Laminariaceae/Laminaria digitata/	Laminaria digitata	tangle, oarweed		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus
Scolecobasidium anamorph		Scolecobasidium anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus			Laminaria faroensis	an oarweed	Laminariales: Laminariaceae	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Scolecobasidium salinum/	Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus				Scolecobasidium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Laminariales/Laminariaceae/Laminaria faroensis/	Laminaria faroensis	an oarweed		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus
Scolecobasidium anamorph		Scolecobasidium anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus			Saccharina latissima	Sea Belt, Sugar Kelp, Poor Man’s Weather Glass	Laminariales: Laminariaceae	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Scolecobasidium salinum/	Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus				Scolecobasidium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Laminariales/Laminariaceae/Saccharina latissima/	Saccharina latissima	sea belt, sugar kelp, poor man's weather glass		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus
Scolecobasidium anamorph		Scolecobasidium anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus			Ceramium virgatum	a group of red seaweeds	Ceramiales: Ceramiaceae	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Scolecobasidium salinum/	Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus				Scolecobasidium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Rhodophyta/Florideophyceae/Ceramiales/Ceramiaceae/Ceramium virgatum/	Ceramium virgatum	a group of red seaweeds		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus
Scolecobasidium anamorph		Scolecobasidium anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus			Dumontia	a genus of red seaweeds	Gigartinales: Dumontiaceae	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Scolecobasidium salinum/	Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus				Scolecobasidium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Rhodophyta/Florideophyceae/Gigartinales/Dumontiaceae/Dumontia/	Dumontia	a genus of red seaweeds		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus
Scolecobasidium anamorph		Scolecobasidium anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus			Chondrus crispus	Irish Moss, Carrageen	Gigartinales: Gigartinaceae	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Scolecobasidium salinum/	Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus				Scolecobasidium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Rhodophyta/Florideophyceae/Gigartinales/Gigartinaceae/Chondrus crispus/	Chondrus crispus	irish moss, carrageen		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus
Scolecobasidium anamorph		Scolecobasidium anamorph is saprobic on decaying, immersed wood			[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous trees		Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Scolecobasidium salinum/	Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus				Scolecobasidium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		decaying, immersed	wood
Scolecobasidium anamorph		Scolecobasidium anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus			Ulva lactuca	Sea Lettuce	Ulvales: Ulvaceae	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Scolecobasidium salinum/	Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus				Scolecobasidium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Ulvales/Ulvaceae/Ulva lactuca/	Ulva lactuca	sea lettuce		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus
Scolecobasidium anamorph		Scolecobasidium anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus			[Seaweeds]	differentiated, multicellular, marine algae		Notes on some Marine Fungi, Wilson, I.M., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Scolecobasidium salinum/	Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus				Scolecobasidium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Seaweeds/	Seaweeds	differentiated, multicellular, marine algae		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus

Scolecobasidium salinum (a marine anamorphic fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Scolecobasidium salinum (a marine anamorphic 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
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov.	TBMS Vol 74 (3): 615-623.
Wilson, I.M., 1951	Notes on some Marine Fungi	TBMS Vol 34 (4): 540-543.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Scolecobasidium salinum (a marine anamorphic fungus)
Species	Paradendryphiella salina (a fungus)
Family	PLEOSPORACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	PLEOSPORALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
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)

Scolecobasidium salinum 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 Scolecobasidium salinum (a marine anamorphic fungus)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Wilson, I.M. & Knoyle, J.M.	1961	Three species of Didymosphaeria on marine algae: D. danica (Berlese) comb. nov., D. pelvetiana Suth. and D. fucicola Suth.	TBMS Vol 44 (1): 55-71.

Scolecobasidium salinum (a marine anamorphic fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

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 some Marine Fungi

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Scolecobasidium salinum (a marine anamorphic fungus):

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

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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