Micropeziza cornea (Berk. & Broome) Nannf.
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Micropeziza cornea 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 (superficial, sessile, clypeate)		superficial, sessile, clypeate apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf			Carex acutiformis	Lesser Pond-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Micropeziza cornea/	Micropeziza cornea	a discomycete		superficial, sessile, clypeate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf				(3-7)
apothecium (superficial, sessile, clypeate)		superficial, sessile, clypeate apothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Carex acutiformis	Lesser Pond-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Micropeziza cornea/	Micropeziza cornea	a discomycete		superficial, sessile, clypeate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	stem				(3-7)
apothecium (superficial, sessile, clypeate)		superficial, sessile, clypeate apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf			Carex paniculata	Greater Tussock-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Micropeziza cornea/	Micropeziza cornea	a discomycete		superficial, sessile, clypeate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex paniculata/	Carex paniculata	greater tussock-sedge		dead	leaf				(3-7)
apothecium (superficial, sessile, clypeate)		superficial, sessile, clypeate apothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Carex paniculata	Greater Tussock-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Micropeziza cornea/	Micropeziza cornea	a discomycete		superficial, sessile, clypeate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex paniculata/	Carex paniculata	greater tussock-sedge		dead	stem				(3-7)
apothecium (superficial, sessile, clypeate)		superficial, sessile, clypeate apothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Eriophorum vaginatum	Hare’s-tail Cottongrass	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Micropeziza cornea/	Micropeziza cornea	a discomycete		superficial, sessile, clypeate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum vaginatum/	Eriophorum vaginatum	hare's-tail cottongrass		dead	stem				(3-7)
apothecium (superficial, sessile, clypeate)		superficial, sessile, clypeate apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf			Eriophorum vaginatum	Hare’s-tail Cottongrass	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Micropeziza cornea/	Micropeziza cornea	a discomycete		superficial, sessile, clypeate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum vaginatum/	Eriophorum vaginatum	hare's-tail cottongrass		dead	leaf				(3-7)
apothecium (superficial, sessile, clypeate)		superficial, sessile, clypeate apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf			Scirpus sylvaticus	Wood Club-rush	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Micropeziza cornea/	Micropeziza cornea	a discomycete		superficial, sessile, clypeate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Scirpus sylvaticus/	Scirpus sylvaticus	wood club-rush		dead	leaf				(3-7)
apothecium (superficial, sessile, clypeate)		superficial, sessile, clypeate apothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Scirpus sylvaticus	Wood Club-rush	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Micropeziza cornea/	Micropeziza cornea	a discomycete		superficial, sessile, clypeate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Scirpus sylvaticus/	Scirpus sylvaticus	wood club-rush		dead	stem				(3-7)
apothecium (superficial, sessile, clypeate)		superficial, sessile, clypeate apothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Juncus effusus	Soft Rush, Soft-rush	Poales: Juncaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Micropeziza cornea/	Micropeziza cornea	a discomycete		superficial, sessile, clypeate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus effusus/	Juncus effusus	soft rush, soft-rush		dead	stem				(3-7)
apothecium (superficial, sessile, clypeate)		superficial, sessile, clypeate apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf			Juncus effusus	Soft Rush, Soft-rush	Poales: Juncaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Micropeziza cornea/	Micropeziza cornea	a discomycete		superficial, sessile, clypeate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus effusus/	Juncus effusus	soft rush, soft-rush		dead	leaf				(3-7)
apothecium (superficial, sessile, clypeate)		superficial, sessile, clypeate apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf			Typha	bulrushes, reedmaces	Poales: Typhaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Micropeziza cornea/	Micropeziza cornea	a discomycete		superficial, sessile, clypeate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha/	Typha	bulrushes, reedmaces		dead	leaf				(3-7)
apothecium (superficial, sessile, clypeate)		superficial, sessile, clypeate apothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Typha	bulrushes, reedmaces	Poales: Typhaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Micropeziza cornea/	Micropeziza cornea	a discomycete		superficial, sessile, clypeate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha/	Typha	bulrushes, reedmaces		dead	stem				(3-7)

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

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Micropeziza cornea (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	Micropeziza cornea (a discomycete)
Genus	Micropeziza (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	DERMATEACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
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)

Micropeziza cornea is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
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 Micropeziza cornea (a discomycete)

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

DERMATEACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Micropeziza cornea (a discomycete):

DERMATEACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

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