Wilcoxina Chin S. Yang & Korf
(a genus of ascomycetes)

Interactions where Wilcoxina 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
(live) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with live root of plant UK/Ireland Epipactis atrorubens Dark-red Helleborine Asparagales: Orchidaceae Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and development, Bidartondo, M.I. & Read, D.J., 2008
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Wilcoxina/Wilcoxinaa genus of ascomyceteslivemycelium Foodplant / mycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipactis atrorubens/Epipactis atrorubensdark-red helleborineliverootplant
(live) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with live root of seedling UK/Ireland Epipactis atrorubens Dark-red Helleborine Asparagales: Orchidaceae Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and development, Bidartondo, M.I. & Read, D.J., 2008
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Wilcoxina/Wilcoxinaa genus of ascomyceteslivemycelium Foodplant / mycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipactis atrorubens/Epipactis atrorubensdark-red helleborineliverootseedling
(live) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with live root of seed (germinating) UK/Ireland Epipactis atrorubens Dark-red Helleborine Asparagales: Orchidaceae Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and development, Bidartondo, M.I. & Read, D.J., 2008
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Wilcoxina/Wilcoxinaa genus of ascomyceteslivemycelium Foodplant / mycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipactis atrorubens/Epipactis atrorubensdark-red helleborineliverootseed (germinating)
(live) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with live root Foreign Epipactis helleborine Broad-leaved Helleborine Asparagales: Orchidaceae Epipactis helleborine shows strong mycorrhizal preference towards ectomycorrhizal fungi with contrasting geographic distributions in Japan, Ogura-Tsujita, Y. & Yukawa, T., 2008
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Wilcoxina/Wilcoxinaa genus of ascomyceteslivemycelium Foodplant / mycorrhizaForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipactis helleborine/Epipactis helleborinebroad-leaved helleborineliveroot
(live) live mycelium is ectomycorrhizal with live root Foreign Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Epipactis helleborine shows strong mycorrhizal preference towards ectomycorrhizal fungi with contrasting geographic distributions in Japan, Ogura-Tsujita, Y. & Yukawa, T., 2008
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Wilcoxina/Wilcoxinaa genus of ascomyceteslivemycelium Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesliveroot

Author & YearTitleSource
Bidartondo, M.I. & Read, D.J., 2008Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and developmentMolecular Ecology Vol 17: 3707-3716.
Ogura-Tsujita, Y. & Yukawa, T., 2008Epipactis helleborine shows strong mycorrhizal preference towards ectomycorrhizal fungi with contrasting geographic distributions in JapanMycorrhiza 18: 331-338.

Wilcoxina (a genus of ascomycetes) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Wilcoxina (a genus of ascomycetes) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusWilcoxina (a genus of ascomycetes)
FamilyPYRONEMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
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 Wilcoxina (a genus of ascomycetes)

Wilcoxina (a genus of ascomycetes) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Wilcoxina (a genus of ascomycetes):

Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)