PEZIZACEAE Dumort.
(cup fungi)

Interactions where PEZIZACEAE 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
(live) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with root of plant UK/Ireland Epipactis dunensis Dune Helleborine Asparagales: Orchidaceae Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and development, Bidartondo, M.I. & Read, D.J., 2008
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Pezizaceaecup fungilivemycelium Foodplant / mycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipactis dunensis/Epipactis dunensisdune helleborinerootplant

Author & YearTitleSource
Bidartondo, M.I. & Read, D.J., 2008Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and developmentMolecular Ecology Vol 17: 3707-3716.

PEZIZACEAE (cup fungi) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PEZIZACEAE (cup fungi) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Adelphella babingtonii
a discomycete
Species 4 trophisms 1 references
Boudiera acanthospora
a discomycete
Species 1 references
Chromelosporium
a genus of anamorphic fungi
Genus 3 subtaxa 13 trophisms 1 references
Hydnobolites
a genus of discomycetes
Genus 1 trophisms
Iodophanus
a genus of fungi
Genus 1 subtaxa 4 trophisms
Marcelleina
a genus of discomycetes
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Pachyella
a genus of discomycetes
Genus 2 subtaxa 1 trophisms 3 references
Pachyphlodes
a genus of fungi
Genus 2 subtaxa 4 references
Peziza
a genus of cup fungi
Genus 20 subtaxa 41 trophisms 22 references
Plicaria
a genus of discomycetes
Genus 1 subtaxa 3 references
Ruhlandiella berolinensis
a pezizoid truffle
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Sarcosphaera coronaria
Violet Crowncup
Species 1 trophisms 4 references
Terfezia arenaria
Moroccan Desert Truffle
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPEZIZACEAE (cup fungi)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
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 PEZIZACEAE (cup fungi)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Spooner, B. 2001 The larger Cup Fungi in Britain - part 2: Pezizaceae (excluding Peziza & Plicaria) Field Mycology Vol 2 (1): 17-20.

PEZIZACEAE (cup fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to PEZIZACEAE (cup fungi):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 307 images of PEZIZACEAE (cup fungi)
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