[Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.] (Pers.) Fr., 1849
(rusty woodwarts)

Interactions where [Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.] 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
Nodulisporium anamorph		Nodulisporium anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts				Nodulisporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead	branch		Minor
stroma (widely effused)		widely effused stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts		widely effused		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead	branch		Minor
Nodulisporium anamorph		Nodulisporium anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts				Nodulisporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead	branch		Major
stroma (widely effused)		widely effused stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts		widely effused		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead	branch		Major
stroma (widely effused)		widely effused stroma is saprobic on decorticate wood			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts		widely effused		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		decorticate	wood		Major
Nodulisporium anamorph		Nodulisporium anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts				Nodulisporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		dead	branch		Minor
stroma (widely effused)		widely effused stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts		widely effused		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		dead	branch		Minor
Nodulisporium anamorph		Nodulisporium anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Salix alba	White Willow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts				Nodulisporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix alba/	Salix alba	white willow		dead	branch		Minor
stroma (widely effused)		widely effused stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Salix alba	White Willow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts		widely effused		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix alba/	Salix alba	white willow		dead	branch		Minor
Nodulisporium anamorph		Nodulisporium anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Salix caprea	Goat Willow, Sallow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts				Nodulisporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix caprea/	Salix caprea	goat willow, sallow		dead	branch		Minor
stroma (widely effused)		widely effused stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Salix caprea	Goat Willow, Sallow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts		widely effused		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix caprea/	Salix caprea	goat willow, sallow		dead	branch		Minor
Nodulisporium anamorph		Nodulisporium anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts				Nodulisporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		dead	branch		Minor
stroma (widely effused)		widely effused stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts		widely effused		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		dead	branch		Minor
Nodulisporium anamorph		Nodulisporium anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Ulmus	elms	Rosales: Ulmaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts				Nodulisporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		dead	branch		Minor
stroma (widely effused)		widely effused stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Ulmus	elms	Rosales: Ulmaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts		widely effused		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		dead	branch		Minor
Nodulisporium anamorph		Nodulisporium anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Acer	maples	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts				Nodulisporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer/	Acer	maples		dead	branch		Minor
stroma (widely effused)		widely effused stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Acer	maples	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts		widely effused		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer/	Acer	maples		dead	branch		Minor

Interactions where [Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.] 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').

Filters:

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
(effete)		effete stroma is decayed by superficial, grouped, subiculate perithecium			Nitschkia confertula	a pyrenomycete	Coronophorales: Nitschkiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Coronophorales/Nitschkiaceae/Nitschkia confertula/	Nitschkia confertula	a pyrenomycete		superficial, grouped, subiculate		perithecium	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts		effete		stroma	Sole			superficial, grouped, subiculate perithecium is saprobic on effete stroma
stroma		stroma is parasitised by superficial, gregarious apothecium			Hyphodiscus incrustatus	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Hyphodiscus incrustatus/	Hyphodiscus incrustatus	a discomycete		superficial, gregarious		apothecium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts			stroma					superficial, gregarious apothecium parasitises stroma
stroma		stroma is parasitised by sessile apothecium			Polydesmia pruinosa	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Polydesmia pruinosa/	Polydesmia pruinosa	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg./	Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.	rusty woodwarts			stroma				(1-12 (esp. winter)	sessile apothecium parasitises stroma

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

[Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.] (rusty woodwarts) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

[Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.] (rusty woodwarts) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hypoxylon
(woodwart fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Hypoxylon macrocarpum a woodwart				Species		7 trophisms
Hypoxylon perforatum				Species		4 trophisms
Hypoxylon petriniae a woodwart				Species		4 trophisms	1 references
Hypoxylon rubiginosum Rusty Woodwart				Species		13 trophisms
Hypoxylon rutilum a woodwart				Species		6 trophisms
Hypoxylon subticinense a woodwart				Species		9 trophisms
Hypoxylon vogesiacum				Species		2 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Informal	[Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.] (rusty woodwarts)
Genus	Hypoxylon (woodwart fungi)
Family	XYLARIACEAE (a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
Order	XYLARIALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
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)

[Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.] 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.)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Stadler M., Wollweber H., & Fournier J.	2004	A host-specific species of Hypoxylon from France, and notes on the chemotaxonomy of the “Hypoxylon rubiginosum complex”	Mycotaxon Vol 90 (1): 187–211.

[Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.] (rusty woodwarts) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Hypoxylon
(woodwart fungi)

XYLARIACEAE
(a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

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 [Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.] (rusty woodwarts):

Hypoxylon
(woodwart fungi)

XYLARIACEAE
(a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

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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