Chromelosporium ochraceum Corda
(an anamorphic fungus)

Interactions where Chromelosporium ochraceum 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
Chromelosporium anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Heracleum sphondylium	Hogweed, Kecks	Apiales: Apiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Chromelosporium ochraceum/	Chromelosporium ochraceum	an anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Chromelosporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Heracleum sphondylium/	Heracleum sphondylium	hogweed, kecks		dead	stem
Chromelosporium anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Pastinaca sativa	Wild Parsnip	Apiales: Apiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Chromelosporium ochraceum/	Chromelosporium ochraceum	an anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Chromelosporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pastinaca sativa/	Pastinaca sativa	wild parsnip		dead	stem
Chromelosporium anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Eupatorium cannabinum	Hemp Agrimony, Hemp-agrimony	Asterales: Asteraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Chromelosporium ochraceum/	Chromelosporium ochraceum	an anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Chromelosporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Eupatorium cannabinum/	Eupatorium cannabinum	hemp agrimony, hemp-agrimony		dead	stem
Chromelosporium anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Petasites fragrans	Winter Heliotrope	Asterales: Asteraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Chromelosporium ochraceum/	Chromelosporium ochraceum	an anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Chromelosporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Petasites fragrans/	Petasites fragrans	winter heliotrope		dead	stem
Chromelosporium anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph is saprobic on dead petiole			Petasites fragrans	Winter Heliotrope	Asterales: Asteraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Chromelosporium ochraceum/	Chromelosporium ochraceum	an anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Chromelosporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Petasites fragrans/	Petasites fragrans	winter heliotrope		dead	petiole
Chromelosporium anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Petasites hybridus	Butterbur	Asterales: Asteraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Chromelosporium ochraceum/	Chromelosporium ochraceum	an anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Chromelosporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Petasites hybridus/	Petasites hybridus	butterbur		dead	stem
Chromelosporium anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph grows on live stem			Ranunculus repens	Creeping Buttercup	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Chromelosporium ochraceum/	Chromelosporium ochraceum	an anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Chromelosporium anamorph	Plant / epiphyte			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus repens/	Ranunculus repens	creeping buttercup		live	stem
Chromelosporium anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph grows on live leaf			Ranunculus repens	Creeping Buttercup	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Chromelosporium ochraceum/	Chromelosporium ochraceum	an anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Chromelosporium anamorph	Plant / epiphyte			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus repens/	Ranunculus repens	creeping buttercup		live	leaf
Chromelosporium anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph is saprobic on leaf litter			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Chromelosporium ochraceum/	Chromelosporium ochraceum	an anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Chromelosporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees			leaf litter		Minor
Chromelosporium anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			[Herbaceous Plants]	herbaceous plants		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Chromelosporium ochraceum/	Chromelosporium ochraceum	an anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Chromelosporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/	Herbaceous Plants	herbaceous plants		dead	stem		Major

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

Chromelosporium ochraceum (an anamorphic fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PEZIZACEAE
(cup fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Chromelosporium ochraceum (an anamorphic fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Chromelosporium ochraceum (an anamorphic fungus)
Genus	Chromelosporium (a genus of anamorphic fungi)
Family	PEZIZACEAE (cup fungi)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Chromelosporium ochraceum is also a member of:
Hyphomycetes - moulds (via Chromelosporium)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Hyphomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
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 Chromelosporium ochraceum (an anamorphic fungus)

Chromelosporium ochraceum (an anamorphic fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PEZIZACEAE
(cup fungi)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Hyphomycetes
(moulds)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chromelosporium ochraceum (an anamorphic fungus):

PEZIZACEAE
(cup fungi)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Hyphomycetes
(moulds)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

BioImages

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A hyphomycete forming fluffy white colonies which soon turn ochraceous. It is very common on decaying herbaceous plant remains, and occasionally on leaf litter.

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