Lophodermium pini-excelsae S. Ahmad
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Lophodermium pini-excelsae 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 stromatic line striped needle			Pinus sylvestris	Scots Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium pini-excelsae/	Lophodermium pini-excelsae	a discomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/	Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine		stromatic line striped	needle		Minor
Leptostroma coelomycetous anamorph (immersed)		immersed conidioma of Leptostroma coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on needle			Pinus sylvestris	Scots Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium pini-excelsae/	Lophodermium pini-excelsae	a discomycete		immersed	conidioma	Leptostroma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/	Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine			needle		Minor
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on stromatic line striped needle			Pinus wallichiana	Bhutan Pine, Blue Pine, Himalayan White Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium pini-excelsae/	Lophodermium pini-excelsae	a discomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus wallichiana/	Pinus wallichiana	Bhutan pine, blue pine, himalayan white pine		stromatic line striped	needle		Major
Leptostroma coelomycetous anamorph (immersed)		immersed conidioma of Leptostroma coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on needle			Pinus wallichiana	Bhutan Pine, Blue Pine, Himalayan White Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium pini-excelsae/	Lophodermium pini-excelsae	a discomycete		immersed	conidioma	Leptostroma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus wallichiana/	Pinus wallichiana	Bhutan pine, blue pine, himalayan white pine			needle		Major

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

Lophodermium pini-excelsae (a discomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lophodermium pini-excelsae (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	Lophodermium pini-excelsae (a discomycete)
Genus	Lophodermium (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	RHYTISMATACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
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)

Lophodermium pini-excelsae 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 Lophodermium pini-excelsae (a discomycete)

Lophodermium pini-excelsae (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 Lophodermium pini-excelsae (a discomycete):

RHYTISMATACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

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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