Pyronema omphalodes (Bull.) Fuckel
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Pyronema omphalodes 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
Oedocephalum anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Oedocephalum anamorph is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Ovis aries	Sheep (Domestic and Feral), Feral Sheep	Artiodactyla: Bovidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Pyronema omphalodes/	Pyronema omphalodes	a discomycete		effuse	colony	Oedocephalum anamorph	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/	Ovis aries	sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep			dung
Oedocephalum anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Oedocephalum anamorph is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Rattus	rats, rat spp.	Rodentia: Muridae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Pyronema omphalodes/	Pyronema omphalodes	a discomycete		effuse	colony	Oedocephalum anamorph	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Rattus/	Rattus	rats, rat spp.			dung
Oedocephalum anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Oedocephalum anamorph is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			[Mice]	mice	Rodentia: Muridae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Pyronema omphalodes/	Pyronema omphalodes	a discomycete		effuse	colony	Oedocephalum anamorph	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Mice/	Mice	mice			dung
Oedocephalum anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Oedocephalum anamorph is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			[Herbivores]	mammalian herbivores		Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Pyronema omphalodes/	Pyronema omphalodes	a discomycete		effuse	colony	Oedocephalum anamorph	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Herbivores/	Herbivores	mammalian herbivores			dung

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyronema omphalodes (a discomycete) 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	Pyronema omphalodes (a discomycete)
Genus	Pyronema (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	PYRONEMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
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)

Pyronema omphalodes 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 Pyronema omphalodes (a discomycete)

Pyronema omphalodes (a discomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Pyronema omphalodes (a discomycete):

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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