Phacidium pusillum Lib.
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Phacidium pusillum 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 (immersed then erupting) immersed then erupting apothecium is saprobic on dead stem UK/IrelandRestricted Rubus fruticosus agg. brambles, blackberries Rosales: Rosaceae New British Records 200: Phacidium pusillum Lib., Spooner, B.M., 2001
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Phacidiaceae/Phacidium pusillum/Phacidium pusilluma discomyceteimmersed then eruptingapothecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus fruticosus agg./Rubus fruticosus agg.brambles, blackberriesdeadstemSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Spooner, B.M., 2001New British Records 200: Phacidium pusillum Lib.Mycologist Vol 15 (4): 163.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhacidium pusillum (a discomycete)
GenusPhacidium (a genus of discomycetes)
FamilyPHACIDIACEAE (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 Phacidium pusillum (a discomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Spooner, B.M. 2001 New British Records 200: Phacidium pusillum Lib. Mycologist Vol 15 (4): 163.

Phacidium pusillum (a discomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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

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