Actidium hysterioides Fr.
(an ascomycete)

Interactions where Actidium hysterioides 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
hysterothecium (superficial)		superficial hysterothecium is saprobic on bark			PINOPSIDA	conifers		British Ascomycetes, Dennis, R.W.G., 1978	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Mytilinidiaceae/Actidium hysterioides/	Actidium hysterioides	an ascomycete		superficial		hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers			bark
hysterothecium (superficial)		superficial hysterothecium is saprobic on decorticate wood			PINOPSIDA	conifers		British Ascomycetes, Dennis, R.W.G., 1978	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Mytilinidiaceae/Actidium hysterioides/	Actidium hysterioides	an ascomycete		superficial		hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		decorticate	wood
hysterothecium (superficial)		superficial hysterothecium is saprobic on bark			Picea	spruces	Pinales: Pinaceae	British Ascomycetes, Dennis, R.W.G., 1978	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Mytilinidiaceae/Actidium hysterioides/	Actidium hysterioides	an ascomycete		superficial		hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces			bark		Major
hysterothecium (superficial)		superficial hysterothecium is saprobic on decorticate wood			Picea	spruces	Pinales: Pinaceae	British Ascomycetes, Dennis, R.W.G., 1978	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Mytilinidiaceae/Actidium hysterioides/	Actidium hysterioides	an ascomycete		superficial		hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces		decorticate	wood		Major
hysterothecium (superficial)		superficial hysterothecium is saprobic on decorticate wood			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	British Ascomycetes, Dennis, R.W.G., 1978 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Mytilinidiaceae/Actidium hysterioides/	Actidium hysterioides	an ascomycete		superficial		hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines		decorticate	wood		Major
hysterothecium (superficial)		superficial hysterothecium is saprobic on bark			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	British Ascomycetes, Dennis, R.W.G., 1978 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Mytilinidiaceae/Actidium hysterioides/	Actidium hysterioides	an ascomycete		superficial		hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines			bark		Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1978	British Ascomycetes	Revised and enlarged edition, 585pp, J. Cramer
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Actidium hysterioides (an ascomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Actidium hysterioides (an ascomycete) 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	Actidium hysterioides (an ascomycete)
Family	MYTILINIDIACEAE (a family of hysteroid ascomycetes)
Order	MYTILINIDIALES (an order 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)

Actidium hysterioides 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 Actidium hysterioides (an ascomycete)

Actidium hysterioides (an ascomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Actidium hysterioides (an ascomycete):

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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