Stigmidium ascophylli (Cotton) Aptroot
(a marine ascomycete)

Interactions where Stigmidium ascophylli 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
mycelium (systemic)		systemic mycelium parasitises live thallus			Ascophyllum nodosum	Egg Rack, Knotted Wrack, Wig Rack	Fucales: Fucaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Observations on the structure, life history and biology of Mycosphaerella ascophylli, Webber, F.C., 1967 Notes on some Marine Fungi, Wilson, I.M., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Stigmidium ascophylli/	Stigmidium ascophylli	a marine ascomycete		systemic		mycelium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Ascophyllum nodosum/	Ascophyllum nodosum	egg rack, knotted wrack, wig rack		live	thallus		Major
perithecium (immersed)		immersed perithecium parasitises live receptacle			Ascophyllum nodosum	Egg Rack, Knotted Wrack, Wig Rack	Fucales: Fucaceae	Notes on marine Pyrenomycetes, Cotton, A.D., 1907 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Observations on the structure, life history and biology of Mycosphaerella ascophylli, Webber, F.C., 1967 Notes on some Marine Fungi, Wilson, I.M., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Stigmidium ascophylli/	Stigmidium ascophylli	a marine ascomycete		immersed		perithecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Ascophyllum nodosum/	Ascophyllum nodosum	egg rack, knotted wrack, wig rack		live	receptacle		Major		(12-)2-5(6)
pycnidium (immersed)		immersed pycnidium parasitises live receptacle			Ascophyllum nodosum	Egg Rack, Knotted Wrack, Wig Rack	Fucales: Fucaceae	Observations on the structure, life history and biology of Mycosphaerella ascophylli, Webber, F.C., 1967	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Stigmidium ascophylli/	Stigmidium ascophylli	a marine ascomycete		immersed		pycnidium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Ascophyllum nodosum/	Ascophyllum nodosum	egg rack, knotted wrack, wig rack		live	receptacle				(11-)1-5)
mycelium (systemic)		systemic mycelium parasitises live thallus			Pelvetia canaliculata	Channelled Wrack	Fucales: Fucaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 British Pyrenocarpous Lichens, Orange, A., 2008 The Lichen Flora of Great Britain & Ireland, Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Moore, D.M., 1992 Observations on the structure, life history and biology of Mycosphaerella ascophylli, Webber, F.C., 1967 Notes on some Marine Fungi, Wilson, I.M., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Stigmidium ascophylli/	Stigmidium ascophylli	a marine ascomycete		systemic		mycelium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Pelvetia canaliculata/	Pelvetia canaliculata	channelled wrack		live	thallus
perithecium (immersed)		immersed perithecium parasitises live receptacle			Pelvetia canaliculata	Channelled Wrack	Fucales: Fucaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 British Pyrenocarpous Lichens, Orange, A., 2008 The Lichen Flora of Great Britain & Ireland, Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Moore, D.M., 1992 Observations on the structure, life history and biology of Mycosphaerella ascophylli, Webber, F.C., 1967 Notes on some Marine Fungi, Wilson, I.M., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Stigmidium ascophylli/	Stigmidium ascophylli	a marine ascomycete		immersed		perithecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Pelvetia canaliculata/	Pelvetia canaliculata	channelled wrack		live	receptacle

Author & Year	Title	Source
Cotton, A.D., 1907	Notes on marine Pyrenomycetes	TBMS Vol 03: 92-99, Pl iv.
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Orange, A., 2008	British Pyrenocarpous Lichens
Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Moore, D.M., 1992	The Lichen Flora of Great Britain & Ireland	710pp, Natural History Museum Publications
Webber, F.C., 1967	Observations on the structure, life history and biology of Mycosphaerella ascophylli	TBMS Vol 50 (4): 583-601.
Wilson, I.M., 1951	Notes on some Marine Fungi	TBMS Vol 34 (4): 540-543.

Stigmidium ascophylli (a marine ascomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Stigmidium ascophylli (a marine ascomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Stigmidium ascophylli (a marine ascomycete)
Genus	Stigmidium (a genus of lichens)
Family	MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes and lichens)
Order	CAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (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)

Stigmidium ascophylli is also a member of:
Lichenes - lichens (via Stigmidium)
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 Stigmidium ascophylli (a marine ascomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cotton, A.D.	1907	Notes on marine Pyrenomycetes	TBMS Vol 03: 92-99, Pl iv.
	Webber, F.C.	1967	Observations on the structure, life history and biology of Mycosphaerella ascophylli	TBMS Vol 50 (4): 583-601.

Stigmidium ascophylli (a marine ascomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Wilson, I.M.	1951	Notes on some Marine Fungi	TBMS Vol 34 (4): 540-543.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Stigmidium ascophylli (a marine ascomycete):

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

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