Ascodichaena rugosa Butin
(a discomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAscodichaena rugosa (a discomycete)
FamilyASCODICHAENACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
OrderRHYTISMATALES (an order of ascomycetes)
SubclassLEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
ClassLEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ascodichaena rugosa (a discomycete) :
1: Ascodichaena rugosa (a discomycete)
12 Apr 2005 OSGR: SU40 50° 50’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Polymorphum state on bark of living Beech trunk
Image 1: Black crust on Beech barkImage 2: Black crust on Beech bark - close-upImage 3: Close-up - enlargedImage 4: Close-up - enlarged (2)Image 5: Close-up - enlarged (3)Image 6: Close-up - enlarged (4)Image 7: Close-up - highly enlargedImage 8: Close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 9: Close-up - magnifiedImage 10: Close-up - magnified (2)Image 11: Close-up - magnified (3)Image 12: Conidiophore mass - magnifiedImage 13: Conidiophores and microconidia - magnifiedImage 14: Conidiophores and microconidia - magnified (2)Image 15: Conidiophores and microconidia - magnified (3)Image 16: Conidiophores - magnifiedImage 17: Conidiophores on fragment of pycnidial wall - magnified
2: Ascodichaena rugosa (a discomycete)
12 Apr 2005 OSGR: SU40 50° 50’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Perfect and Polymorphum states on bark of living Beech trunk
Image 1: Black crust on Beech barkImage 2: Black crust on Beech bark (2)Image 3: Close-upImage 4: Close-up - enlargedImage 5: Close-up - enlarged (2)Image 6: Close-up - enlarged (3)Image 7: Close-up - highly enlargedImage 8: Close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 9: Close-up - magnifiedImage 10: Close-up - magnified (2)Image 11: Close-up - magnified (3)Image 12: Close-up - magnified (4)Image 13: Asci and paraphyses - magnifiedImage 14: Asci and paraphyses - magnified (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bisby, G.R. 1941 *** British species of Hysterium, Gloniopsis, Dichaena and Mytilidion ***(Superseded) TBMS Vol 25(2): 127-140,IN1.

Plant Pathology

() Ellis, M.B. & J.P. 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook 2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Ascodichaena rugosa (a discomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ascodichaena rugosa (a discomycete)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ascodichaena rugosa (a discomycete)
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