Massarina igniaria (C. Booth) Aptroot
(an ascomycete)

Interactions where Massarina igniaria 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
		feeds on			Suaeda vera	Shrubby Seablite	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	Location of fungal endophytes in tissues of Suaeda fruticosa: a preliminary study, Fisher, P.J. & Petrini, O., 1987	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Massarina igniaria/	Massarina igniaria	an ascomycete					Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Suaeda vera/	Suaeda vera	shrubby seablite
Periconia dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dry, scorched or burnt			Carex acutiformis	Lesser Pond-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Massarina igniaria/	Massarina igniaria	an ascomycete		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dry, scorched or burnt					(8-12)
Periconia dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dry, scorched or burnt			Carex appropinquata	Fibrous Tussock-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Massarina igniaria/	Massarina igniaria	an ascomycete		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex appropinquata/	Carex appropinquata	fibrous tussock-sedge		dry, scorched or burnt					(8-12)
Periconia dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dry, scorched or burnt			Carex riparia	Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Massarina igniaria/	Massarina igniaria	an ascomycete		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex riparia/	Carex riparia	great pond-sedge, greater pond-sedge		dry, scorched or burnt					(8-12)
Periconia dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dry, scorched or burnt			Phragmites australis	Common Reed	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Massarina igniaria/	Massarina igniaria	an ascomycete		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/	Phragmites australis	common reed		dry, scorched or burnt					(8-12)
Periconia dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dry, scorched or burnt			Ammophila (Bot.)	marram grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Massarina igniaria/	Massarina igniaria	an ascomycete		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Ammophila (Bot.)/	Ammophila (Bot.)	marram grasses		dry, scorched or burnt					(8-12)
Periconia dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dry, scorched or burnt			Dactylis	cock’s-foot grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Massarina igniaria/	Massarina igniaria	an ascomycete		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Dactylis/	Dactylis	cock's-foot grasses		dry, scorched or burnt					(8-12)
Periconia dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dry, scorched or burnt			Phalaris	Canary grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Massarina igniaria/	Massarina igniaria	an ascomycete		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris/	Phalaris	Canary grasses		dry, scorched or burnt					(8-12)

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
Fisher, P.J. & Petrini, O., 1987	Location of fungal endophytes in tissues of Suaeda fruticosa: a preliminary study	TBMS Vol 89 (2): 246-249.

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Massarina igniaria (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))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Massarina igniaria (an ascomycete)
Genus	Massarina (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	MASSARINACEAE (a family of fungi)
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)

Massarina igniaria 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 Massarina igniaria (an ascomycete)

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

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 Massarina igniaria (an ascomycete):

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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