Hysterium pulicare Pers.
(a coffee bean fungus)

Interactions where Hysterium pulicare 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 (scattered or gregarious, inconspicuous, more or less superficial)		scattered or gregarious, inconspicuous, more or less superficial hysterothecium is saprobic on bark			Hedera	ivies	Apiales: Araliaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Hysterium pulicare/	Hysterium pulicare	a coffee bean fungus		scattered or gregarious, inconspicuous, more or less superficial		hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Hedera/	Hedera	ivies			bark				(3-5)
hysterothecium (scattered or gregarious, inconspicuous, more or less superficial)		scattered or gregarious, inconspicuous, more or less superficial hysterothecium is saprobic on bark			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	British species of Hysterium, Gloniopsis, Dichaena and Mytilidion, Bisby, G.R., 1941 British Ascomycetes, Dennis, R.W.G., 1978 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Hysterium pulicare/	Hysterium pulicare	a coffee bean fungus		scattered or gregarious, inconspicuous, more or less superficial		hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches			bark		Major		(3-5)
hysterothecium (scattered or gregarious, inconspicuous, more or less superficial)		scattered or gregarious, inconspicuous, more or less superficial hysterothecium is saprobic on bark			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Hysterium pulicare/	Hysterium pulicare	a coffee bean fungus		scattered or gregarious, inconspicuous, more or less superficial		hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks			bark				(3-5)
hysterothecium (scattered or gregarious, inconspicuous, more or less superficial)		scattered or gregarious, inconspicuous, more or less superficial hysterothecium is saprobic on bark			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Hysterium pulicare/	Hysterium pulicare	a coffee bean fungus		scattered or gregarious, inconspicuous, more or less superficial		hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes			bark				(3-5)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bisby, G.R., 1941	British species of Hysterium, Gloniopsis, Dichaena and Mytilidion	TBMS Vol 25(2): 127-140,IN1.
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

Hysterium pulicare (a coffee bean fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Hysterium pulicare (a coffee bean fungus) 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	Hysterium pulicare (a coffee bean fungus)
Genus	Hysterium (coffee bean fungi)
Family	HYSTERIACEAE (a family of hysteroid ascomycetes)
Order	HYSTERIALES (an order of ascomycetes)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass 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)

Hysterium pulicare 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 Hysterium pulicare (a coffee bean fungus)

Hysterium pulicare (a coffee bean fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Hysterium
(coffee bean fungi)

HYSTERIALES
(an order of ascomycetes)

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 Hysterium pulicare (a coffee bean fungus):

Hysterium
(coffee bean fungi)

HYSTERIALES
(an order of ascomycetes)

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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