Chaetomium elatum Kunze
(an ascomycete fungus)

Interactions where Chaetomium elatum 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
perithecium		perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Oryctolagus cuniculus	Rabbit, European Rabbit	Lagomorpha: Leporidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Chaetomiaceae/Chaetomium elatum/	Chaetomium elatum	an ascomycete fungus				perithecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Lagomorpha/Leporidae/Oryctolagus cuniculus/	Oryctolagus cuniculus	rabbit, european rabbit			dung
perithecium		perithecium 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/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Chaetomiaceae/Chaetomium elatum/	Chaetomium elatum	an ascomycete fungus				perithecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Herbivores/	Herbivores	mammalian herbivores			dung
		feeds on			Suaeda vera	Shrubby Seablite	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	Location of fungal endophytes in tissues of Suaeda fruticosa: a preliminary study, Fisher, P.J. & Petrini, O., 1987	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Chaetomiaceae/Chaetomium elatum/	Chaetomium elatum	an ascomycete fungus					Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Suaeda vera/	Suaeda vera	shrubby seablite
perithecium (setulose)		setulose perithecium is saprobic on damp, piled hay			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Chaetomiaceae/Chaetomium elatum/	Chaetomium elatum	an ascomycete fungus		setulose		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		damp, piled		hay	Major
perithecium (setulose)		setulose perithecium is saprobic on damp, piled straw			[Cereals]	cereals	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Chaetomiaceae/Chaetomium elatum/	Chaetomium elatum	an ascomycete fungus		setulose		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cereals/	Cereals	cereals		damp, piled		straw	Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fisher, P.J. & Petrini, O., 1987	Location of fungal endophytes in tissues of Suaeda fruticosa: a preliminary study	TBMS Vol 89 (2): 246-249.

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

Chaetomium
(a genus of ascomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Chaetomium elatum (an ascomycete fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Chaetomium elatum (an ascomycete fungus)
Genus	Chaetomium (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	CHAETOMIACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	SORDARIALES (an order of ascomycetes)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (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)

Chaetomium elatum is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
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 Chaetomium elatum (an ascomycete fungus)

Chaetomium elatum (an ascomycete fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHAETOMIACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chaetomium elatum (an ascomycete fungus):

Chaetomium
(a genus of ascomycetes)

CHAETOMIACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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