Epicoccum nigrum Link
(a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Interactions where Epicoccum nigrum 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
Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph is associated with infection			Periconia byssoides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Epicoccum nigrum/	Epicoccum nigrum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph	Fungus / associate			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia byssoides/	Periconia byssoides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus				infection	Major		(1-12)
		is associated with			Xanthoria parietina	Common Orange Lichen	Teloschistales: Teloschistaceae	Capronia suijae (Herpotrichiellaceae, Eurotiomycetes), a new fungus on Xanthoria parietina from Belarus, with a key to the lichenicolous species growing on Xanthoria s. str., Tsurykau, A. & Etayo, J., 2017	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Epicoccum nigrum/	Epicoccum nigrum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus					Lichen / associate			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Teloschistales/Teloschistaceae/Xanthoria parietina/	Xanthoria parietina	common orange lichen
Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Epicoccum dematiaceous 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/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Epicoccum nigrum/	Epicoccum nigrum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Heracleum sphondylium/	Heracleum sphondylium	hogweed, kecks		dead	stem				(1-12)
Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Urtica dioica	Common Nettle	Rosales: Urticaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Epicoccum nigrum/	Epicoccum nigrum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/	Urtica dioica	common nettle		dead	stem				(1-12)
Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph secondarily infects fungus-infected			[Herbaceous Plants]	herbaceous plants		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Epicoccum nigrum/	Epicoccum nigrum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / secondary infection			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/	Herbaceous Plants	herbaceous plants		fungus-infected					(1-12)
Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph secondarily infects fungus-infected			Carex	sedges	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Epicoccum nigrum/	Epicoccum nigrum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / secondary infection			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/	Carex	sedges		fungus-infected			Minor		(1-12)
Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, fungus infected			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Epicoccum nigrum/	Epicoccum nigrum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		dead, fungus infected					(1-12)
Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, fungus infected stem			Ammophila (Bot.)	marram grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Epicoccum nigrum/	Epicoccum nigrum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Ammophila (Bot.)/	Ammophila (Bot.)	marram grasses		dead, fungus infected	stem				(1-12)

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
Tsurykau, A. & Etayo, J., 2017	Capronia suijae (Herpotrichiellaceae, Eurotiomycetes), a new fungus on Xanthoria parietina from Belarus, with a key to the lichenicolous species growing on Xanthoria s. str.	Lichenologist Vol 49 (1): 1-12.

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Epicoccum nigrum (a dematiaceous 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	Epicoccum nigrum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
Genus	Epicoccum (a genus of anamorphic fungi)
Family	PLEOSPORACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	PLEOSPORALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
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)

Epicoccum nigrum is also a member of:
Hyphomycetes - moulds (via Epicoccum)
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 Epicoccum nigrum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Booth, C.	1968	Epicoccum purpurascens	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 680.

Epicoccum nigrum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

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))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Fletcher, H.J. & Davidson, E.	1984	Colourful interactions between Epicoccum and other fungi	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 18 (2): 130-131.
Fletcher, H.J. & Nandhra, A.	1986	Pigment production and spore variation in Epicoccum	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 20 (1): 60-61.
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 Epicoccum nigrum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus):

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

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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