Schizothyrium pomi (Mont. & Fr.) Arx
(Apple Fly Speck)

Interactions where Schizothyrium pomi 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
thyriothecium (superficial, clustered) superficial, clustered thyriothecium is associated with colony Gloeodes pomigena Sooty Blotch Disease - causative organism Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Schizothyriaceae/Schizothyrium pomi/Schizothyrium pomiapple fly specksuperficial, clusteredthyriothecium Fungus / associate /Fungi/Ascomycota/Gloeodes pomigena/Gloeodes pomigenasooty blotch disease (causative organism)colony
thyriothecium (superficial, clustered) superficial, clustered thyriothecium is saprobic on live fruit Malus pumila Apple Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Schizothyriaceae/Schizothyrium pomi/Schizothyrium pomiapple fly specksuperficial, clusteredthyriothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/Malus pumilaapplelivefruit
thyriothecium (superficial, clustered) superficial, clustered thyriothecium is saprobic on live fruit Prunus domestica ssp domestica Plum Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Schizothyriaceae/Schizothyrium pomi/Schizothyrium pomiapple fly specksuperficial, clusteredthyriothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. domestica/Prunus domestica subsp. domesticaplumlivefruit
thyriothecium (superficial) superficial thyriothecium is saprobic on dead leaf Cladium mariscus Great Fen-sedge Poales: Cyperaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Schizothyriaceae/Schizothyrium pomi/Schizothyrium pomiapple fly specksuperficialthyriothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cladium mariscus/Cladium mariscusgreat fen-sedgedeadleaf
thyriothecium (superficial) superficial thyriothecium is saprobic on dead stem Cladium mariscus Great Fen-sedge Poales: Cyperaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Schizothyriaceae/Schizothyrium pomi/Schizothyrium pomiapple fly specksuperficialthyriothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cladium mariscus/Cladium mariscusgreat fen-sedgedeadstem

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Schizothyrium pomi (Apple Fly Speck) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Schizothyrium pomi (Apple Fly Speck) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSchizothyrium pomi (Apple Fly Speck)
GenusSchizothyrium (a genus of fly-speck fungi)
FamilySCHIZOTHYRIACEAE (a family of fly speck fungi)
OrderMICROTHYRIALES (an order of fly speck fungi)
SubclassDOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
ClassDOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
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 Schizothyrium pomi (Apple Fly Speck)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Booth, C. 1957 Two new species of Microthyriella in Britain Kew Bulletin Vol 12 (3): 423-424.

Schizothyrium pomi (Apple Fly Speck) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Schizothyrium pomi (Apple Fly Speck):

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