Dacrymyces stillatus (common jellyspot)

Interactions where Dacrymyces stillatus 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
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood			[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous trees		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Dacrymycetales/Dacrymycetaceae/Dacrymyces stillatus/	Dacrymyces stillatus	common jellyspot				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		decayed	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood (worked)			[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous trees		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Dacrymycetales/Dacrymycetaceae/Dacrymyces stillatus/	Dacrymyces stillatus	common jellyspot				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		decayed	wood (worked)

Interactions where Dacrymyces stillatus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part	Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active State	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Summary
	fruitbody is associate of	Itersonilia perplexans	Chrysanthemum Petal Blight - causative organism	Cystofilobasidiales: Cystofilobasidiaceae	Itersonilia, Ingold, C.T., 1991 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Cystofilobasidiales/Cystofilobasidiaceae/Itersonilia perplexans/	Itersonilia perplexans	chrysanthemum petal blight (causative organism)			Fungus / associate	UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Dacrymycetales/Dacrymycetaceae/Dacrymyces stillatus/	Dacrymyces stillatus	common jellyspot				fruitbody	is associated with fruitbody
(dead, decayed)	dead, decayed basidiome is decayed by basidiome	Tulasnella anguifera	a basidiomycete fungus	Cantharellales: Tulasnellaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Cantharellales/Tulasnellaceae/Tulasnella anguifera/	Tulasnella anguifera	a basidiomycete fungus		basidiome	Fungus / saprobe		/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Dacrymycetales/Dacrymycetaceae/Dacrymyces stillatus/	Dacrymyces stillatus	common jellyspot		dead, decayed		basidiome	basidiome is saprobic on dead, decayed basidiome
(live)	live basidiome is parasitised by internal basidiome	Tulasnella pinicola	a basidiomycete fungus	Cantharellales: Tulasnellaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Cantharellales/Tulasnellaceae/Tulasnella pinicola/	Tulasnella pinicola	a basidiomycete fungus	internal	basidiome	Fungus / parasite		/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Dacrymycetales/Dacrymycetaceae/Dacrymyces stillatus/	Dacrymyces stillatus	common jellyspot		live		basidiome	internal basidiome parasitises live basidiome
(live)	live basidiome is parasitised by internal basidiome	Tremella giraffa	a brain fungus	Tremellales: Tremellaceae	British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina, Roberts, P., 2007	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella giraffa/	Tremella giraffa	a brain fungus	internal	basidiome	Fungus / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Dacrymycetales/Dacrymycetaceae/Dacrymyces stillatus/	Dacrymyces stillatus	common jellyspot		live		basidiome	internal basidiome parasitises live basidiome
(live)	live basidiome is parasitised by internal basidiome	Tremella obscura	a brain fungus	Tremellales: Tremellaceae	British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina, Roberts, P., 2007	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella obscura/	Tremella obscura	a brain fungus	internal	basidiome	Fungus / parasite	Foreign	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Dacrymycetales/Dacrymycetaceae/Dacrymyces stillatus/	Dacrymyces stillatus	common jellyspot	?	live		basidiome	internal basidiome parasitises live basidiome
(live)	live basidiome is parasitised by internal basidiome	Tremella penetrans	a brain fungus	Tremellales: Tremellaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina, Roberts, P., 2007	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella penetrans/	Tremella penetrans	a brain fungus	internal	basidiome	Fungus / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Dacrymycetales/Dacrymycetaceae/Dacrymyces stillatus/	Dacrymyces stillatus	common jellyspot		live		basidiome	internal basidiome parasitises live basidiome
hymenium (live)	live hymenium of basidiome is parasitised by internal basidiome	Tulasnella thelephorea	a basidiomycete fungus	Cantharellales: Tulasnellaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Cantharellales/Tulasnellaceae/Tulasnella thelephorea/	Tulasnella thelephorea	a basidiomycete fungus	internal	basidiome	Fungus / parasite		/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Dacrymycetales/Dacrymycetaceae/Dacrymyces stillatus/	Dacrymyces stillatus	common jellyspot		live	hymenium	basidiome	internal basidiome parasitises live hymenium of basidiome

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ingold, C.T., 1991	Itersonilia	Mycologist Vol 05 (1): 35-37.
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
Roberts, P., 2007	British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina	Field Mycology Vol 8 (4): 127-133.

Dacrymyces stillatus (Common Jellyspot) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Dacrymyces stillatus (Common Jellyspot) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Dacrymyces
(jelly spots)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dacrymyces stillatus (Common Jellyspot)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ingold, C.T.	1983	Basidiospore germination and conidium development in Dacrymycetales	TBMS Vol 81 (3): 563-571.

Dacrymyces stillatus (Common Jellyspot) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

DACRYMYCETALES
(an order of jelly fungi)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Ingold, C.T.	1998	Ballistosporic basidia	Mycologist Vol 12 (2): 50-52.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Dacrymyces stillatus (Common Jellyspot):

DACRYMYCETALES
(an order of jelly fungi)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

An exceedingly common jelly fungus which forms soft yellow, red or orange spots on damp (mainly) coniferous wood, including worked wood where it causes great damage.

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Species	Dacrymyces stillatus (Common Jellyspot)
Genus	Dacrymyces (jelly spots)
Family	DACRYMYCETACEAE (a family of jelly fungi)
Order	DACRYMYCETALES (an order of jelly fungi)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Dacrymyces stillatus Nees
(Common Jellyspot)

Interactions where Dacrymyces stillatus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

Interactions where Dacrymyces stillatus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Dacrymyces stillatus is also a member of:

Identification Works

General Works

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