Sordaria fimicola (Roberge ex Desm.) Ces. & De Not.
(a pyrenomycete)

Interactions where Sordaria fimicola 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
perithecium (gregarious)		gregarious perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Bos taurus	Cattle, Domestic Cattle	Artiodactyla: Bovidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Sordariaceae/Sordaria fimicola/	Sordaria fimicola	a pyrenomycete		gregarious		perithecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/	Bos taurus	cattle, domestic cattle			dung
perithecium (gregarious)		gregarious perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			CERVIDAE	deer, buck	Artiodactyla	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Sordariaceae/Sordaria fimicola/	Sordaria fimicola	a pyrenomycete		gregarious		perithecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Cervidae/	Cervidae	deer, buck			dung
perithecium (gregarious)		gregarious perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Oryctolagus cuniculus	Rabbit, European Rabbit	Lagomorpha: Leporidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Sordariaceae/Sordaria fimicola/	Sordaria fimicola	a pyrenomycete		gregarious		perithecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Lagomorpha/Leporidae/Oryctolagus cuniculus/	Oryctolagus cuniculus	rabbit, european rabbit			dung
perithecium (gregarious)		gregarious perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Equus ferus	Horse	Perissodactyla: Equidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Sordariaceae/Sordaria fimicola/	Sordaria fimicola	a pyrenomycete		gregarious		perithecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Perissodactyla/Equidae/Equus ferus/	Equus ferus	horse			dung
perithecium (gregarious)		gregarious perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Sciurus carolinensis	Grey Squirrel, Eastern Grey Squirrel	Rodentia: Sciuridae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Sordariaceae/Sordaria fimicola/	Sordaria fimicola	a pyrenomycete		gregarious		perithecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Sciuridae/Sciurus carolinensis/	Sciurus carolinensis	grey squirrel, eastern grey squirrel			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

Sordaria fimicola (a pyrenomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Sordaria fimicola (a pyrenomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Sordaria fimicola (a pyrenomycete)
Genus	Sordaria (a genus of pyrenomycetes)
Family	SORDARIACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	SORDARIALES (an order of ascomycetes)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Sordaria fimicola is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
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 Sordaria fimicola (a pyrenomycete)

Sordaria fimicola (a pyrenomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

SORDARIACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Hawker, L.E.	1951	Morphological and physiological studies on Sordaria destruens (Shear) comb.nov. (syn. Melanospora destruens), Sordaria fimicola and Melanospora zamiae	TBMS Vol 34 (2): 174-186.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Sordaria fimicola (a pyrenomycete):

SORDARIACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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