Pithya cupressina (Batsch) Fuckel
(Juniper Disco)

Interactions where Pithya cupressina 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 (sort-stalked)		sort-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf			Juniperus	junipers	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Sarcoscyphaceae/Pithya cupressina/	Pithya cupressina	juniper disco		sort-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Juniperus/	Juniperus	junipers		dead	leaf				(6-8)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Pithya cupressina (Juniper Disco) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pithya cupressina (Juniper Disco) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pithya cupressina (Juniper Disco)
Genus	Pithya (a genus of fungi)
Family	SARCOSCYPHACEAE (a family of cup fungi)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Pithya cupressina is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
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 Pithya cupressina (Juniper Disco)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.		Fungi of Great Britain and Ireland	s2.fungi.myspecies.info/

Pithya cupressina (Juniper Disco) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

SARCOSCYPHACEAE
(a family of cup fungi)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pithya cupressina (Juniper Disco):

SARCOSCYPHACEAE
(a family of cup fungi)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Vulnerable

VU/D2

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