Thelebolus crustaceus (Fuckel) Kimbr.
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Thelebolus crustaceus 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 (gregarious, sometimes confluent) gregarious, sometimes confluent apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung Bos taurus Cattle, Domestic Cattle Artiodactyla: Bovidae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Thelebolus crustaceus/Thelebolus crustaceusa discomycetegregarious, sometimes confluentapothecium Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/Bos tauruscattle, domestic cattledung
apothecium (gregarious, sometimes confluent) gregarious, sometimes confluent apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung Canis lupus ssp familiaris Dog, Domestic Dog Carnivora: Canidae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Thelebolus crustaceus/Thelebolus crustaceusa discomycetegregarious, sometimes confluentapothecium Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Carnivora/Canidae/Canis lupus subsp. familiaris/Canis lupus subsp. familiarisdog, domestic dogdung
apothecium (gregarious, sometimes confluent) gregarious, sometimes confluent apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung Equus ferus Horse Perissodactyla: Equidae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Thelebolus crustaceus/Thelebolus crustaceusa discomycetegregarious, sometimes confluentapothecium Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Perissodactyla/Equidae/Equus ferus/Equus ferushorsedung
apothecium (gregarious, sometimes confluent) gregarious, sometimes confluent apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung [Herbivores] mammalian herbivores Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Thelebolus crustaceus/Thelebolus crustaceusa discomycetegregarious, sometimes confluentapothecium Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Herbivores/Herbivoresmammalian herbivoresdung

Interactions where Thelebolus crustaceus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part 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 Summary
(live) live apothecium is parasitised by UK/IrelandQuestionable Cystobasidium fimetarium a ustilaginomycete Cystobasidiales: Cystobasidiaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
New British Records 164: Cystobasidium fimetarium, Roberts, P.J., 1999
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Cystobasidiomycetes/Cystobasidiales/Cystobasidiaceae/Cystobasidium fimetarium/Cystobasidium fimetariuma ustilaginomycete Fungus / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Thelebolus crustaceus/Thelebolus crustaceusa discomycete?liveapothecium parasitises live apothecium

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Roberts, P.J., 1999New British Records 164: Cystobasidium fimetariumNew British Records Mycologist Vol 13 (04): 171-172.

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

Thelebolus crustaceus (a discomycete) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThelebolus crustaceus (a discomycete)
GenusThelebolus (a genus of discomycetes)
FamilyTHELEBOLACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderTHELEBOLALES (an order of discomycetes)
SubclassLEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
ClassLEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Thelebolus crustaceus (a discomycete)

Thelebolus crustaceus (a discomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Thelebolus crustaceus (a discomycete):

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