Athelia arachnoidea (Berk.) Jülich
(Candelabra Duster, Cobweb Duster)

Interactions where Athelia arachnoidea 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
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages			CHROMISTA	algae		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Athelia arachnoidea/	Athelia arachnoidea	candelabra duster, cobweb duster				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/	Chromista	algae					Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises bleached thallus			Lecanora conizaeoides	a lichen	Lecanorales: Lecanoraceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Athelia arachnoidea/	Athelia arachnoidea	candelabra duster, cobweb duster				fruitbody	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora conizaeoides/	Lecanora conizaeoides	a lichen		bleached	thallus		Major
		is associated with			Physcia	a genus of foliose lichens	Teloschistales: Physciaceae	A lichenicolous species of Pleospora (ascomycota) and a key to the fungi invading Physcia species, Hafellner, J. & Zimmermann, E., 2012	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Athelia arachnoidea/	Athelia arachnoidea	candelabra duster, cobweb duster					Lichen / associate			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Teloschistales/Physciaceae/Physcia/	Physcia	a genus of foliose lichens
		is associated with			Xanthoria parietina	Common Orange Lichen	Teloschistales: Teloschistaceae	Capronia suijae (Herpotrichiellaceae, Eurotiomycetes), a new fungus on Xanthoria parietina from Belarus, with a key to the lichenicolous species growing on Xanthoria s. str., Tsurykau, A. & Etayo, J., 2017	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Athelia arachnoidea/	Athelia arachnoidea	candelabra duster, cobweb duster					Lichen / associate			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Teloschistales/Teloschistaceae/Xanthoria parietina/	Xanthoria parietina	common orange lichen
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises thallus			[Lichenes]	lichens		The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 2 Aleurodiscus - Confertobasidium, Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L., 1973 A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Athelia arachnoidea/	Athelia arachnoidea	candelabra duster, cobweb duster				fruitbody	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lichenes/	Lichenes	lichens			thallus
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead stump			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Athelia arachnoidea/	Athelia arachnoidea	candelabra duster, cobweb duster				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		dead	stump
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen branch			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Athelia arachnoidea/	Athelia arachnoidea	candelabra duster, cobweb duster				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		dead, fallen	branch
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 2 Aleurodiscus - Confertobasidium, Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L., 1973 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Athelia arachnoidea/	Athelia arachnoidea	candelabra duster, cobweb duster				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, decayed	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, decayed leaf			[Broadleaved trees and shrubs]	broadleaved trees and shrubs		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Athelia arachnoidea/	Athelia arachnoidea	candelabra duster, cobweb duster				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	broadleaved trees and shrubs		fallen, decayed	leaf
fruitbody		fruitbody grows on living leaf			[Broadleaved trees and shrubs]	broadleaved trees and shrubs		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Athelia arachnoidea/	Athelia arachnoidea	candelabra duster, cobweb duster				fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	broadleaved trees and shrubs		living	leaf
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed straw			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Athelia arachnoidea/	Athelia arachnoidea	candelabra duster, cobweb duster				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		dead, decayed	straw
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Athelia arachnoidea/	Athelia arachnoidea	candelabra duster, cobweb duster				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead, decayed	wood

Author & Year	Title	Source
Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L., 1973	The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 2 Aleurodiscus - Confertobasidium	Corticiaceae of Northern Europe, The, 2, Fungiflora
Hafellner, J. & Zimmermann, E., 2012	A lichenicolous species of Pleospora (ascomycota) and a key to the fungi invading Physcia species	Herzogia Vol 25 (1): 47-59.
Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles	44pp, The British Lichen Society
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press
Tsurykau, A. & Etayo, J., 2017	Capronia suijae (Herpotrichiellaceae, Eurotiomycetes), a new fungus on Xanthoria parietina from Belarus, with a key to the lichenicolous species growing on Xanthoria s. str.	Lichenologist Vol 49 (1): 1-12.

Athelia arachnoidea (Candelabra Duster, Cobweb Duster) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Athelia arachnoidea (Candelabra Duster, Cobweb Duster) 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	Athelia arachnoidea (Candelabra Duster, Cobweb Duster)
Genus	Athelia (a genus of resupinate basidiomycetes)
Family	ATHELIACEAE (a family of resupinate basidiomycetes)
Order	ATHELIALES (an order of basidiomycetes)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Athelia arachnoidea is also a member of:
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 Athelia arachnoidea (Candelabra Duster, Cobweb Duster)

Athelia arachnoidea (Candelabra Duster, Cobweb Duster) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Athelia
(a genus of resupinate basidiomycetes)

ATHELIALES
(an order of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

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 Athelia arachnoidea (Candelabra Duster, Cobweb Duster):

Athelia
(a genus of resupinate basidiomycetes)

ATHELIALES
(an order of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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