Cladosporium cladosporioides (Fresen.) G.A. de Vries
(a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Interactions where Cladosporium cladosporioides 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
Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on damaged, dead			[Herbaceous Plants]	herbaceous plants		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium cladosporioides/	Cladosporium cladosporioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/	Herbaceous Plants	herbaceous plants		damaged, dead
Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph (extensive, velvety)		extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, rain-soaked leaf			Carex	sedges	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium cladosporioides/	Cladosporium cladosporioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		extensive, velvety	colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/	Carex	sedges		dead, rain-soaked	leaf		Minor
Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph (extensive, velvety)		extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, rain-soaked stem			Carex	sedges	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium cladosporioides/	Cladosporium cladosporioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		extensive, velvety	colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/	Carex	sedges		dead, rain-soaked	stem		Minor
Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph (extensive, velvety)		extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, rain-soaked stem			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium cladosporioides/	Cladosporium cladosporioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		extensive, velvety	colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		dead, rain-soaked	stem
Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph (extensive, velvety)		extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, rain-soaked leaf			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium cladosporioides/	Cladosporium cladosporioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		extensive, velvety	colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		dead, rain-soaked	leaf
Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph (extensive, velvety)		extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, rain-soaked leaf			Elytrigia atherica	Sea Couch	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium cladosporioides/	Cladosporium cladosporioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		extensive, velvety	colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		dead, rain-soaked	leaf
Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph (extensive, velvety)		extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, rain-soaked stem			Elytrigia atherica	Sea Couch	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium cladosporioides/	Cladosporium cladosporioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		extensive, velvety	colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		dead, rain-soaked	stem
Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph (extensive, velvety)		extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, rain-soaked leaf			Elytrigia repens ssp repens	Common Couch	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium cladosporioides/	Cladosporium cladosporioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		extensive, velvety	colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens subsp. repens/	Elytrigia repens subsp. repens	common couch		dead, rain-soaked	leaf
Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph (extensive, velvety)		extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, rain-soaked stem			Elytrigia repens ssp repens	Common Couch	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium cladosporioides/	Cladosporium cladosporioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		extensive, velvety	colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens subsp. repens/	Elytrigia repens subsp. repens	common couch		dead, rain-soaked	stem

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

Cladosporium cladosporioides (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cladosporium
(a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Cladosporium cladosporioides (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cladosporium
(a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Cladosporium cladosporioides (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
Genus	Cladosporium (a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)
Family	CLADOSPORIACEAE (a family of fungi)
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)

Cladosporium cladosporioides is also a member of:
Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes - dematiaceous anamorphic fungi (via Cladosporium)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Dematiaceous 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 Cladosporium cladosporioides (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Cladosporium cladosporioides (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Godfrey, B.E.S.	1983	Growth of two terrestrial microfungi on submerged Alder leaves	TBMS Vol 81 (2): 418-421.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Cladosporium cladosporioides (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus):

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 5 images of Cladosporium cladosporioides (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Conidia can be larger than stated in "Land Plants", especially if you include the ramo-conidia (ie basal conidia with multiple apical scars.) Ellis ("Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes") says:

Ramo-conidia: 0-1-septate, up to 30µm long, 2-5µm thick.

Conidia: mostly 0-septate, 3-7(-11)/2-4(-5)µm.

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