Kretzschmaria deusta (Hoffm.) P.M.D. Martin
(Brittle Cinder)

Interactions where Kretzschmaria deusta 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
stroma (superficial) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead root Minor Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Kretzschmaria deusta/Kretzschmaria deustabrittle cindersuperficialstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/BetulabirchesdeadrootMinor
stroma (superficial) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead stump Minor Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Kretzschmaria deusta/Kretzschmaria deustabrittle cindersuperficialstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/BetulabirchesdeadstumpMinor
stroma (superficial) superficial stroma parasitises root UK/IrelandMajor Fagus beeches Fagales: Fagaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Studies in the genus Ustulina with special reference to parasitism: vi. A brief account of heart rot of Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) caused by Ustulina, Wilkins, W.H., 1943
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Kretzschmaria deusta/Kretzschmaria deustabrittle cindersuperficialstroma Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/FagusbeechesrootMajor
stroma (superficial) superficial stroma is saprobic on old stump (base) UK/IrelandMajor Fagus beeches Fagales: Fagaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Studies in the genus Ustulina with special reference to parasitism: vi. A brief account of heart rot of Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) caused by Ustulina, Wilkins, W.H., 1943
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Kretzschmaria deusta/Kretzschmaria deustabrittle cindersuperficialstroma Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesoldstump (base)Major
stroma (superficial) superficial stroma parasitises root Rare Tilia limes Malvales: Malvaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Studies in the genus Ustulina with special reference to parasitism: vi. A brief account of heart rot of Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) caused by Ustulina, Wilkins, W.H., 1943
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Kretzschmaria deusta/Kretzschmaria deustabrittle cindersuperficialstroma Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Tilia/TilialimesrootRare
stroma (superficial) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead root Minor Ulmus elms Rosales: Ulmaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Studies in the genus Ustulina with special reference to parasitism: vi. A brief account of heart rot of Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) caused by Ustulina, Wilkins, W.H., 1943
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Kretzschmaria deusta/Kretzschmaria deustabrittle cindersuperficialstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/UlmuselmsdeadrootMinor
stroma (superficial) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead stump Minor Ulmus elms Rosales: Ulmaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Studies in the genus Ustulina with special reference to parasitism: vi. A brief account of heart rot of Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) caused by Ustulina, Wilkins, W.H., 1943
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Kretzschmaria deusta/Kretzschmaria deustabrittle cindersuperficialstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/UlmuselmsdeadstumpMinor
stroma (superficial) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead stump UK/Ireland Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore, Great Maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Kretzschmaria deusta/Kretzschmaria deustabrittle cindersuperficialstroma Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/Acer pseudoplatanussycamore, great mapledeadstump
stroma (superficial) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead root Minor Aesculus horse chestnuts Sapindales: Sapindaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Kretzschmaria deusta/Kretzschmaria deustabrittle cindersuperficialstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Aesculus/Aesculushorse chestnutsdeadrootMinor
stroma (superficial) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead stump Minor Aesculus horse chestnuts Sapindales: Sapindaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Kretzschmaria deusta/Kretzschmaria deustabrittle cindersuperficialstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Aesculus/Aesculushorse chestnutsdeadstumpMinor
stroma (superficial) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead root Minor Taxus baccata Yew Pinales: Taxaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Kretzschmaria deusta/Kretzschmaria deustabrittle cindersuperficialstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/Taxus baccatayewdeadrootMinor
stroma (superficial) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead stump Minor Taxus baccata Yew Pinales: Taxaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Kretzschmaria deusta/Kretzschmaria deustabrittle cindersuperficialstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/Taxus baccatayewdeadstumpMinor

Interactions where Kretzschmaria deusta 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
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 pruinosaa discomycetesessileapothecium Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Kretzschmaria deusta/Kretzschmaria deustabrittle cinderstroma (1-12 (esp. winter)sessile apothecium parasitises stroma

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Storey, M.W., 2015Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guidewww.bioimages.org.uk
Wilkins, W.H., 1943Studies in the genus Ustulina with special reference to parasitism: vi. A brief account of heart rot of Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) caused by UstulinaStudies in the genus Ustulina with special reference to parasitism TBMS Vol 26 (3+4): 169-170, Pl XII.

Kretzschmaria deusta (Brittle Cinder) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Kretzschmaria deusta (Brittle Cinder) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesKretzschmaria deusta (Brittle Cinder)
FamilyXYLARIACEAE (a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
OrderXYLARIALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
SubclassSORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
ClassSORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
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 Kretzschmaria deusta (Brittle Cinder)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Forest Research 2014 Path News Issue 28: Spring 2014
Wilkins, W.H. 1943 Studies in the genus Ustulina with special reference to parasitism: vi. A brief account of heart rot of Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) caused by Ustulina Studies in the genus Ustulina with special reference to parasitism TBMS Vol 26 (3+4): 169-170, Pl XII.

Kretzschmaria deusta (Brittle Cinder) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Guglielmo, F., Micxhelotti, S., Nicolotti, G. & Gonthier, P. 2012 Population structure analysis provides insights into the infection biology and invasion strategies of Kretzschmaria deusta in trees FungEcol Vol 05 (6): 714-725.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Kretzschmaria deusta (Brittle Cinder):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 16 images of Kretzschmaria deusta (Brittle Cinder)
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