Ophiostoma piceae (Münch) Syd. & P. Syd.
(a blue-stain fungus)

Interactions where Ophiostoma piceae 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
Ceratocystis anamorph Ceratocystis anamorph is saprobic on blue-stained wood UK/Ireland PINOPSIDA conifers Fungi associated with ambrosia beetles in Great Britain., Bakshi, B.K., 1950
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Ophiostomatales/Ophiostomataceae/Ophiostoma piceae/Ophiostoma piceaea blue-stain fungusCeratocystis anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersblue-stainedwood
perithecium perithecium is saprobic on blue-stained wood UK/Ireland PINOPSIDA conifers Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Ophiostomatales/Ophiostomataceae/Ophiostoma piceae/Ophiostoma piceaea blue-stain fungusperithecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersblue-stainedwood
perithecium perithecium is saprobic on blue-stained wood UK/Ireland Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Ophiostomatales/Ophiostomataceae/Ophiostoma piceae/Ophiostoma piceaea blue-stain fungusperithecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pineblue-stainedwood

Interactions where Ophiostoma piceae is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
is associate of Foreign Scolytus intricatus Oak Bark Beetle Coleoptera: Curculionidae Fungi, including Ophiostoma karelicum sp. nov., associated with Scolytus ratzeburgi infesting birch in Finland and Russia, Linnakowski, R., de Beer, Z.W., Rousi, M., Niemelä, P, Pappinien, A. & Wingfield M.J., 2008
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Scolytus intricatus/Scolytus intricatusoak bark beetle Fungus / associateForeign /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Ophiostomatales/Ophiostomataceae/Ophiostoma piceae/Ophiostoma piceaea blue-stain fungus is associated with
colony (in-gallery) in-gallery colony of mycelium is food source of larva UK/Ireland Trypodendron lineatum Lineated Bark Beetle Coleoptera: Curculionidae Fungi associated with ambrosia beetles in Great Britain., Bakshi, B.K., 1950
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Trypodendron lineatum/Trypodendron lineatumlineated bark beetlelarva Fungus / feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Ophiostomatales/Ophiostomataceae/Ophiostoma piceae/Ophiostoma piceaea blue-stain fungusin-gallerycolonymycelium larva feeds on in-gallery colony of mycelium

Author & YearTitleSource
Bakshi, B.K., 1950Fungi associated with ambrosia beetles in Great Britain.TBMS Vol 33 (1+2): 111-120, IN9-11.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Linnakowski, R., de Beer, Z.W., Rousi, M., Niemelä, P, Pappinien, A. & Wingfield M.J., 2008Fungi, including Ophiostoma karelicum sp. nov., associated with Scolytus ratzeburgi infesting birch in Finland and RussiaMycol. Res. Vol 112 (12): 1475-1488.

Ophiostoma piceae (a blue-stain fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ophiostoma piceae (a blue-stain fungus) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOphiostoma piceae (a blue-stain fungus)
GenusOphiostoma (blue-stain pyrenomycetes)
FamilyOPHIOSTOMATACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
OrderOPHIOSTOMATALES (an order of ascomycetes)
SubclassSORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
ClassSORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
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 Ophiostoma piceae (a blue-stain fungus)

Ophiostoma piceae (a blue-stain fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bakshi, B.K. 1950 Fungi associated with ambrosia beetles in Great Britain. TBMS Vol 33 (1+2): 111-120, IN9-11.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Ophiostoma piceae (a blue-stain fungus):

Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)