Niptera melatephra (Lasch) Rehm
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Niptera melatephra 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 (erumpent) erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead stem Juncus conglomeratus Compact Rush Poales: Juncaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Niptera melatephra/Niptera melatephraa discomyceteerumpentapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus conglomeratus/Juncus conglomeratuscompact rushdeadstem (6-7)
apothecium (erumpent) erumpent 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/Niptera melatephra/Niptera melatephraa discomyceteerumpentapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus effusus/Juncus effusussoft rush, soft-rushdeadstem (6-7)
apothecium (erumpent) erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead stem Juncus inflexus Hard Rush Poales: Juncaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Niptera melatephra/Niptera melatephraa discomyceteerumpentapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus inflexus/Juncus inflexushard rushdeadstem (6-7)
apothecium (erumpent) erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead stem Juncus subnodulosus Blunt-flowered Rush Poales: Juncaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Niptera melatephra/Niptera melatephraa discomyceteerumpentapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus subnodulosus/Juncus subnodulosusblunt-flowered rushdeadstem (6-7)

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

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

Niptera melatephra (a discomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNiptera melatephra (a discomycete)
GenusNiptera (a genus of discomycetes)
FamilyDERMATEACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderHELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
SubclassLEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
ClassLEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
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 Niptera melatephra (a discomycete)

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

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

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