Leptosphaeria culmifraga (Fr.) Ces. & De Not.
(an ascomycete)

Interactions where Leptosphaeria culmifraga 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
pseudothecium (scattered, initially immersed)		scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria culmifraga/	Leptosphaeria culmifraga	an ascomycete		scattered, initially immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		dead	stem				(spring, summer)
pseudothecium (scattered, initially immersed)		scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Agrostis	bent grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria culmifraga/	Leptosphaeria culmifraga	an ascomycete		scattered, initially immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Agrostis/	Agrostis	bent grasses		dead	stem				(spring, summer)
pseudothecium (scattered, initially immersed)		scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Calamagrostis	small-reed grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria culmifraga/	Leptosphaeria culmifraga	an ascomycete		scattered, initially immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/	Calamagrostis	small-reed grasses		dead	stem				(spring, summer)
pseudothecium (scattered, initially immersed)		scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Deschampsia cespitosa	Tufted Hair-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria culmifraga/	Leptosphaeria culmifraga	an ascomycete		scattered, initially immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Deschampsia cespitosa/	Deschampsia cespitosa	tufted hair-grass		dead	stem				(spring, summer)
pseudothecium (scattered, initially immersed)		scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Festuca rubra agg.	red fescues	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria culmifraga/	Leptosphaeria culmifraga	an ascomycete		scattered, initially immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./	Festuca rubra agg.	red fescues		dead	stem				(spring, summer)
pseudothecium (scattered, initially immersed)		scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Holcus	soft-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria culmifraga/	Leptosphaeria culmifraga	an ascomycete		scattered, initially immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/	Holcus	soft-grasses		dead	stem				(spring, summer)
pseudothecium (scattered, initially immersed)		scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Poa	meadow-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria culmifraga/	Leptosphaeria culmifraga	an ascomycete		scattered, initially immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa/	Poa	meadow-grasses		dead	stem				(spring, summer)

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

Leptosphaeria culmifraga (an ascomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Leptosphaeria culmifraga (an ascomycete) 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))

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Leptosphaeria culmifraga var propinqua an ascomycete				Variety		2 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Leptosphaeria culmifraga (an ascomycete)
Genus	Leptosphaeria (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	LEPTOSPHAERIACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	PLEOSPORALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
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)

Leptosphaeria culmifraga 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 Leptosphaeria culmifraga (an ascomycete)

Leptosphaeria culmifraga (an ascomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Leptosphaeria
(a genus of ascomycetes)

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

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 Leptosphaeria culmifraga (an ascomycete):

Leptosphaeria
(a genus of ascomycetes)

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

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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