Karstenia idaei (Fuckel) Sherwood
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Karstenia idaei 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		apothecium is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			Rubus	brambles, blackberries and raspberries	Rosales: Rosaceae	A new species of Karstenia on Deschampsia caespitosa from North Argyll, Scotland (NBR 163), Wilberforce, P.W., 1999	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Karstenia idaei/	Karstenia idaei	a discomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus/	Rubus	brambles, blackberries and raspberries		dead, decayed	wood

Author & Year	Title	Source
Wilberforce, P.W., 1999	A new species of Karstenia on Deschampsia caespitosa from North Argyll, Scotland (NBR 163)	Mycologist Vol 13 (04): 149-150.

Karstenia idaei (a discomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Karstenia idaei (a discomycete) 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	Karstenia idaei (a discomycete)
Genus	Karstenia (a genus of discomycetes)
Order	RHYTISMATALES (an order of ascomycetes)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Karstenia idaei 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 Karstenia idaei (a discomycete)

Karstenia idaei (a discomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

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 Karstenia idaei (a discomycete):

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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