The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').
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Affected Part | Summary | Taxon | Vernacular | Classification | References | |||
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conidioma is parasitised by | Naohidea sebacea | a ustilaginomycete | Naohideales | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
Author & Year | Title | Source |
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota | 517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
[Coelomycetes] (stem- and leaf-fungi) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:
Subtaxon | Rank | Featured subtaxa |
No of interactions |
No of references |
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Form genus | 1 subtaxa | 1 trophisms | |||||
Anamorphic Species | 1 subtaxa | 1 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 1 subtaxa | 13 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 2 subtaxa | 3 trophisms | |||||
Anamorphic Species | 3 trophisms | ||||||
Genus | 39 subtaxa | 54 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 4 subtaxa | 6 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 16 subtaxa | 40 trophisms | 1 references | ||||
Genus | 17 subtaxa | 24 trophisms | 1 references | ||||
Genus | 2 subtaxa | 19 trophisms | 5 references | ||||
Genus | 29 subtaxa | 37 trophisms | 1 references | ||||
Genus | 131 subtaxa | 225 trophisms | 4 references | ||||
Genus | 1 subtaxa | 6 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 3 subtaxa | 3 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 21 subtaxa | 32 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 165 subtaxa | 357 trophisms | 17 references | ||||
Form genus | 11 subtaxa | 16 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 6 subtaxa | 26 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 2 subtaxa | 34 trophisms | 1 references | ||||
Genus | 119 subtaxa | 263 trophisms | 4 references | ||||
Genus | 21 subtaxa | 30 trophisms | 1 references | ||||
Genus | 1 subtaxa | 1 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 8 subtaxa | 11 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 10 subtaxa | 15 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 44 subtaxa | 136 trophisms | 4 references | ||||
Genus | 50 subtaxa | 69 trophisms | 10 references | ||||
Genus | 3 subtaxa | 8 trophisms | |||||
Anamorphic Species | 2 trophisms | ||||||
Anamorphic Species | 1 trophisms | ||||||
Genus | 7 subtaxa | 52 trophisms | 1 references | ||||
Genus | 2 subtaxa | 2 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 5 subtaxa | 5 trophisms | |||||
Anamorphic Species | 24 trophisms | 2 references | |||||
Anamorphic Species | 2 trophisms | ||||||
Anamorphic Species | 6 trophisms | ||||||
Genus | 1 subtaxa | 1 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 3 subtaxa | 12 trophisms | 3 references | ||||
Genus | 2 subtaxa | 9 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 2 subtaxa | 6 trophisms | 3 references | ||||
Genus | 6 subtaxa | 14 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 1 subtaxa | 1 trophisms | |||||
Anamorphic Species | 2 trophisms | ||||||
Genus | 5 subtaxa | 8 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 2 subtaxa | 2 trophisms | |||||
Anamorphic Species | 8 trophisms | ||||||
Anamorphic Species | 1 trophisms | ||||||
Genus | 28 subtaxa | 84 trophisms | 3 references | ||||
Anamorphic Species | 2 trophisms | ||||||
Genus | 120 subtaxa | 234 trophisms | 3 references | ||||
Genus | 10 subtaxa | 12 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 21 subtaxa | 36 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 2 subtaxa | 3 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 2 subtaxa | 2 trophisms | |||||
Anamorphic Species | 3 trophisms | 1 references | |||||
Anamorphic Species | 1 trophisms | ||||||
Genus | 50 subtaxa | 167 trophisms | 1 references | ||||
Genus | 1 subtaxa | 8 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 1 subtaxa | 2 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 12 subtaxa | 29 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 6 subtaxa | 8 trophisms | 1 references | ||||
Genus | 3 subtaxa | 16 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 1 subtaxa | 2 trophisms | |||||
Genus | 7 subtaxa | 7 trophisms | 1 references | ||||
Genus | 2 subtaxa | 9 trophisms | 1 references |
Informal | [Coelomycetes] (stem- and leaf-fungi) |
Phylum | ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete) |
Kingdom | FUNGI (true fungi) |
Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
Life | BIOTA (living things) |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for [Coelomycetes] (stem- and leaf-fungi) |
Handling & Magnification | Author | Year | Title | Source |
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() | Ellis, M.B. & J.P. | 1998 | Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook | 2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd |
Grove, W.B. | 1937 | British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. II … Sphaeropsidales (rest) + Melanconiales | Vol II, 407pp, Cambridge University Press | |
Grove, W.B. | 1935 | British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia | Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press | |
Sutton, B.C. | 1980 | The Coelomycetes: Fungi Imperfecti with Pycnidia, Acervuli and Stromata | 696pp, CABI | |
Lichenicolous Fungi | ||||
Hawksworth, D.L., Atienza, V. & Coppins, B.J. | 2010 | Artifical Keys to the Lichenicolous Fungi of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands, Iberian Peninsula, and Canary Islands | ||
Lichenicolous Species | ||||
Hawksworth, D.L. | 1981 | The lichenicolous Coelomycetes | Bull. Br. mus. nat. hist. bot. Vol 9 (1): 1-98. | |
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 |
Moore, W.C. | 1959 | British Parasitic Fungi | 430pp, Cambridge University Press |
[Coelomycetes] (stem- and leaf-fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Author | Year | Title | Source |
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Anon. | 1990 | Developments in the taxonomy of anamorphic fungi | Stud. Mycol. No. 32. |
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to [Coelomycetes] (stem- and leaf-fungi):
BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 464 images of [Coelomycetes] (stem- and leaf-fungi) |
Coelomycetes are anamorphic ascomycetes - ie they are an asexual phase in the life-cycle. In some cases they precede the sexual stage, in others they persist in isolation and the sexual stage is rare or unknown. Some are even spermatia which produce the gametes which give rise to the sexual stage.
In the absence of the sexual stage they were named and classified, according to their asexual morphology, into the so-called "form genera". Nowadays these have no taxonomic significance, although they are still used as names for the asexual morphology.
This is a purely artificial classification (some would call it a "dumping ground") for anamorphic fungi (ie fungi where the stage that produces sexual spores is not formed or is unknown), and where the asexual spores (conidia) are formed inside a closed body, or one that is initially closed.
Coelomycetes are saprobes on dead plant material, or parasites which cause small infection spots on living leaves and stems. Many are species-specific, or at least have traditionally been treated as distinct species on different hosts.
Over the years, the members have been gradually removed as laboratory cultures have yielded the sexual states. More recently DNA sequencing has superseded this and the classification will eventually disappear. Nevertheless "coelomycete" remains a useful descriptive term for the asexual state of many ascomycetes.
Coelomycetes are divided into those which form pycnidia (closed structures from which the conidia issue through the ostiole, a small circular opening) and those which form acervuli (effectively everted pycnidia) with the conidia produced on the outside and termed "pustules".
Most coelomycetes are plant-pathogens or grow on dead plant material, although a few attack lichens or rusts.
It is best to collect coelomycetes in damp periods when they have ripe conidia; often these are visible en masse either as a white or grey, sometimes orange whisker arising from the ostiole or as a waxy deposit on the surface of the pycnidium or substrate.
Damp chamber culturing is useful. Often this just means leaving a few infected leaves in a sealed box in a cool place for a few days.
Following such culturing, a spore tendril often issues from the ostiole. This is useful in confirming which pycnidia are living and enables easy determination of spore colour.
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