Cheilymenia granulata (Bull.) J. Moravec
(Cowpat Gem)

Interactions where Cheilymenia granulata 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 (sessile, often in large groups) sessile, often in large groups 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/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Cheilymenia granulata/Cheilymenia granulatacowpat gemsessile, often in large groupsapothecium Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/Bos tauruscattle, domestic cattledung

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Cheilymenia granulata (Cowpat Gem) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cheilymenia granulata (Cowpat Gem) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCheilymenia granulata (Cowpat Gem)
GenusCheilymenia (a genus of discomycetes)
FamilyPYRONEMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
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 Cheilymenia granulata (Cowpat Gem)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Richardson, M. 2003 Coprophilous fungi Field Mycology Vol 4 (2): 41-43.

Cheilymenia granulata (Cowpat Gem) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cheilymenia granulata (Cowpat Gem):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 60 images of Cheilymenia granulata (Cowpat Gem)
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