Pestalotiopsis funerea (Desm.) Steyaert
(a coelomycete)

Interactions where Pestalotiopsis funerea 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
Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead			Rhododendron	rhododendrons and azaleas	Ericales: Ericaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Pestalotiopsis funerea/	Pestalotiopsis funerea	a coelomycete			acervulus	Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron/	Rhododendron	rhododendrons and azaleas		dead
Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead			Chamaecyparis	a genus of cypresses	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Pestalotiopsis funerea/	Pestalotiopsis funerea	a coelomycete			acervulus	Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Chamaecyparis/	Chamaecyparis	a genus of cypresses		dead
Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live needle			Cupressus	a genus of cypresses	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Pestalotiopsis funerea/	Pestalotiopsis funerea	a coelomycete			acervulus	Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cupressus/	Cupressus	a genus of cypresses		live	needle				(12-4)
Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead needle			Cupressus	a genus of cypresses	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Pestalotiopsis funerea/	Pestalotiopsis funerea	a coelomycete			acervulus	Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cupressus/	Cupressus	a genus of cypresses		dead	needle				(12-4)
Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead			Juniperus	junipers	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Pestalotiopsis funerea/	Pestalotiopsis funerea	a coelomycete			acervulus	Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Juniperus/	Juniperus	junipers		dead
Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Pestalotiopsis funerea/	Pestalotiopsis funerea	a coelomycete			acervulus	Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines		dead

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Pestalotiopsis funerea (a coelomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pestalotiopsis funerea (a coelomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Pestalotiopsis funerea (a coelomycete)
Genus	Pestalotiopsis (a form genus of coelomycetes)
Family	AMPHISPHAERIACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
Order	XYLARIALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (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)

Pestalotiopsis funerea is also a member of:
Coelomycetes - stem- and leaf-fungi (via Pestalotiopsis)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Coelomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
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 Pestalotiopsis funerea (a coelomycete)

Pestalotiopsis funerea (a coelomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

AMPHISPHAERIACEAE
(a family of pyrenomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pestalotiopsis funerea (a coelomycete):

AMPHISPHAERIACEAE
(a family of pyrenomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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