| Affected Part |
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Summary |
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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 |
Summary |
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has blood sucked by |
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Dermacentor reticulatus |
Marsh Tick, Ornate Cow Tick |
Ixodida: Amblyommidae |
Ticks of North-West Europe, Hillyard, P.D., 1996
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Amblyommidae/Dermacentor reticulatus/ | Dermacentor reticulatus | marsh tick, ornate cow tick | | | | |
Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | | | |
| | sucks the blood of |
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has blood sucked by |
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 |
Haemaphysalis punctata |
Coastal Red Tick, Red Sheep Tick |
Ixodida: Amblyommidae |
Ticks of North-West Europe, Hillyard, P.D., 1996
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Amblyommidae/Haemaphysalis punctata/ | Haemaphysalis punctata | coastal red tick, red sheep tick | | | | |
Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | | | |
| | sucks the blood of |
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has blood sucked by |
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Ixodes canisuga |
Fox Tick, Dog Tick |
Ixodida: Ixodidae |
Ticks of North-West Europe, Hillyard, P.D., 1996
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Ixodes) canisuga/ | Ixodes (Ixodes) canisuga | fox tick, dog tick | | | | |
Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | | | |
| | sucks the blood of |
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has blood sucked by |
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Ixodes ricinus |
Sheep Tick, Pasture Tick, Castor Bean Tick, Deer Tick |
Ixodida: Ixodidae |
Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
Ticks of North-West Europe, Hillyard, P.D., 1996
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Ixodes) ricinus/ | Ixodes (Ixodes) ricinus | sheep tick, pasture tick, castor bean tick, deer tick | | | | |
Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | | | |
| | sucks the blood of |
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is ectoparasitised by imago |
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Melophagus ovinus |
Sheep Ked |
Diptera: Hippoboscidae |
Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Melophagus ovinus/ | Melophagus ovinus | sheep ked | | | | imago |
Animal / parasite / ectoparasite | | UK and/or Eire |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | | | Sole |
| | imago ectoparasitises |
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may be infected by |
 |
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Blue Tongue virus (BTV) |
Blue Tongue Disease - causative organism |
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DEFRA: Animal Health and Welfare, DEFRA
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/Blue Tongue virus (BTV)/ | Blue Tongue virus (BTV) | blue tongue disease - causative organism | | | | |
Animal / pathogen | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | | | Major |
| | infects |
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may be infected by |
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Louping Ill virus |
a disease of sheep |
|
Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
|
/Louping Ill virus/ | Louping Ill virus | a disease of sheep | | | | |
Animal / pathogen | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | | | |
| | infects |
| body cavity |
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body cavity of lamb is endoparasitised by larva |
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Toxocara cati |
an arrow-worm |
|
Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
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/Animalia/Nematoda/Toxocara cati/ | Toxocara cati | an arrow-worm | | | | larva |
Animal / parasite / endoparasite | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | body cavity | lamb | |
| | larva endoparasitises body cavity of lamb |
| body cavity |
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body cavity of lamb is endoparasitised by cyst |
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|
Toxocara cati |
an arrow-worm |
|
Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
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/Animalia/Nematoda/Toxocara cati/ | Toxocara cati | an arrow-worm | | | | cyst |
Animal / parasite / endoparasite | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | body cavity | lamb | |
| | cyst endoparasitises body cavity of lamb |
| body cavity |
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body cavity is endoparasitised by Cysticercus larva |
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|
Taenia hydatigena |
a tapeworm |
Tetraphyllidea: Taeniidae |
Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
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/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Cestoda/Tetraphyllidea/Taeniidae/Taenia hydatigena/ | Taenia hydatigena | a tapeworm | | | | Cysticercus larva |
Animal / parasite / endoparasite | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | body cavity | | |
| | Cysticercus larva endoparasitises body cavity |
| brain |
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brain is endoparasitised by hydatid cyst |
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|
Echinococcus granulosus |
a tapeworm |
Tetraphyllidea: Taeniidae |
Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
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/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Cestoda/Tetraphyllidea/Taeniidae/Echinococcus granulosus/ | Echinococcus granulosus | a tapeworm | | | | hydatid cyst |
Animal / parasite / endoparasite | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | brain | | |
| | hydatid cyst endoparasitises brain |
| brain |
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brain is endoparasitised by Coenurus larva |
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Taenia multiceps |
a tapeworm |
Tetraphyllidea: Taeniidae |
Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
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/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Cestoda/Tetraphyllidea/Taeniidae/Taenia multiceps/ | Taenia multiceps | a tapeworm | | | | Coenurus larva |
Animal / parasite / endoparasite | | UK and/or Eire |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | brain | | |
| | Coenurus larva endoparasitises brain |
| dung |
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dung may attract imago |
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Typhaeus typhoeus |
Minotaur Beetle |
Coleoptera: Geotrupidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Geotrupidae/Typhaeus typhoeus/ | Typhaeus typhoeus | Minotaur beetle | | | | imago |
Animal / associate | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | imago is associated with dung |
| dung |
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dung animal debris may support larva |
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Typhaeus typhoeus |
Minotaur Beetle |
Coleoptera: Geotrupidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Geotrupidae/Typhaeus typhoeus/ | Typhaeus typhoeus | Minotaur beetle | | | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | larva feeds on animal debris dung |
| dung |
|
dung animal debris may support larva |
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|
Acrossus luridus |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Acrossus luridus/ | Acrossus luridus | a dung beetle | | | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | larva feeds on animal debris dung |
| dung |
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dung may shelter imago |
|
|
Acrossus luridus |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Acrossus luridus/ | Acrossus luridus | a dung beetle | | | | imago |
Animal / resting place / under | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | imago may be found under dung |
| dung |
|
dung animal debris may support larva |
|
|
Agoliinus lapponum |
Northern Dung Beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Agoliinus lapponum/ | Agoliinus lapponum | northern dung beetle | | | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Major |
| | larva feeds on animal debris dung |
| dung |
|
dung may shelter imago |
|
|
Agoliinus lapponum |
Northern Dung Beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Agoliinus lapponum/ | Agoliinus lapponum | northern dung beetle | | | | imago |
Animal / resting place / under | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Major |
| | imago may be found under dung |
| dung |
|
dung animal debris may support larva |
 |
|
Agoliinus nemoralis |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Agoliinus nemoralis/ | Agoliinus nemoralis | a dung beetle | | | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Minor |
| | larva feeds on animal debris dung |
| dung |
|
dung may shelter imago |
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Agoliinus nemoralis |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Agoliinus nemoralis/ | Agoliinus nemoralis | a dung beetle | | | | imago |
Animal / resting place / under | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Minor |
| | imago may be found under dung |
| dung |
|
dung animal debris may support larva |
|
|
Aphodius scrofa |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Aphodius (Trichonotulus) scrofa/ | Aphodius (Trichonotulus) scrofa | a dung beetle | | | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Major |
| | larva feeds on animal debris dung |
| dung |
|
dung may shelter imago |
|
|
Aphodius scrofa |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Aphodius (Trichonotulus) scrofa/ | Aphodius (Trichonotulus) scrofa | a dung beetle | | | | imago |
Animal / resting place / under | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Major |
| | imago may be found under dung |
| dung |
|
dung animal debris may support larva |
|
|
Colobopterus erraticus |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Colobopterus erraticus/ | Colobopterus erraticus | a dung beetle | | | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Major |
| | larva feeds on animal debris dung |
| dung |
|
dung may shelter imago |
|
|
Colobopterus erraticus |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Colobopterus erraticus/ | Colobopterus erraticus | a dung beetle | | | | imago |
Animal / resting place / under | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Major |
| | imago may be found under dung |
| dung |
|
dung animal debris may support larva |
|
|
Euorodalus coenosus |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Euorodalus coenosus/ | Euorodalus coenosus | a dung beetle | | | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Major |
| | larva feeds on animal debris dung |
| dung |
|
dung may shelter imago |
|
|
Euorodalus coenosus |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Euorodalus coenosus/ | Euorodalus coenosus | a dung beetle | | | | imago |
Animal / resting place / under | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | imago may be found under dung |
| dung |
|
dung animal debris may support larva |
|
|
Labarrus lividus |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Labarrus lividus/ | Labarrus lividus | a dung beetle | | | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | larva feeds on animal debris dung |
| dung |
|
dung may shelter imago |
|
|
Labarrus lividus |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Labarrus lividus/ | Labarrus lividus | a dung beetle | | | | imago |
Animal / resting place / under | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | imago may be found under dung |
| dung |
|
dung animal debris may support larva |
|
|
Nimbus obliteratus |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Nimbus obliteratus/ | Nimbus obliteratus | a dung beetle | | | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | larva feeds on animal debris dung |
| dung |
|
dung may shelter imago |
|
|
Nimbus obliteratus |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Nimbus obliteratus/ | Nimbus obliteratus | a dung beetle | | | | imago |
Animal / resting place / under | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | imago may be found under dung |
| dung |
|
dung animal debris may support larva |
|
|
Otophorus haemorrhoidalis |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Otophorus haemorrhoidalis/ | Otophorus haemorrhoidalis | a dung beetle | | | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Major |
| | larva feeds on animal debris dung |
| dung |
|
dung may shelter imago |
|
|
Otophorus haemorrhoidalis |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Otophorus haemorrhoidalis/ | Otophorus haemorrhoidalis | a dung beetle | | | | imago |
Animal / resting place / under | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Major |
| | imago may be found under dung |
| dung |
|
dung animal debris may support larva |
|
|
Phalacronothus quadrimaculatus |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Phalacronothus quadrimaculatus/ | Phalacronothus quadrimaculatus | a dung beetle | | | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Sole |
| | larva feeds on animal debris dung |
| dung |
|
dung may shelter imago |
|
|
Phalacronothus quadrimaculatus |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Phalacronothus quadrimaculatus/ | Phalacronothus quadrimaculatus | a dung beetle | | | | imago |
Animal / resting place / under | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | imago may be found under dung |
| dung |
|
dung animal debris may support larva |
|
|
Plagiogonus arenarius |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Plagiogonus arenarius/ | Plagiogonus arenarius | a dung beetle | | | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | larva feeds on animal debris dung |
| dung |
|
dung may shelter imago |
|
|
Plagiogonus arenarius |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Plagiogonus arenarius/ | Plagiogonus arenarius | a dung beetle | | | | imago |
Animal / resting place / under | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | imago may be found under dung |
| dung |
|
dung animal debris may support larva |
|
|
Planolinoides borealis |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Planolinoides borealis/ | Planolinoides borealis | a dung beetle | | | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Major |
| | larva feeds on animal debris dung |
| dung |
|
dung may shelter imago |
|
|
Planolinoides borealis |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Planolinoides borealis/ | Planolinoides borealis | a dung beetle | | | | imago |
Animal / resting place / under | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Major |
| | imago may be found under dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support pseudothecium |
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Delitschia canina |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Delitschiaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Delitschiaceae/Delitschia canina/ | Delitschia canina | an ascomycete | | | | pseudothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | pseudothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support pseudothecium |
|
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Delitschia patagonica |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Delitschiaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Delitschiaceae/Delitschia patagonica/ | Delitschia patagonica | an ascomycete | | | | pseudothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | pseudothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support pseudothecium |
|
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Delitschia winteri |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Delitschiaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Delitschiaceae/Delitschia winteri/ | Delitschia winteri | an ascomycete | | | | pseudothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Minor |
| | pseudothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
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dung dung may support mostly immersed pseudothecium |
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Sporormiella australis |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Sporormiaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Sporormiaceae/Sporormiella australis/ | Sporormiella australis | an ascomycete | | mostly immersed | | pseudothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | mostly immersed pseudothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
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dung dung may support mostly immersed pseudothecium |
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Sporormiella grandispora |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Sporormiaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Sporormiaceae/Sporormiella grandispora/ | Sporormiella grandispora | an ascomycete | | mostly immersed | | pseudothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | mostly immersed pseudothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
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dung dung may support mostly immersed pseudothecium |
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Sporormiella pulchella |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Sporormiaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Sporormiaceae/Sporormiella pulchella/ | Sporormiella pulchella | an ascomycete | | mostly immersed | | pseudothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | mostly immersed pseudothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
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dung dung may support effuse colony of Monodictys dematiaceous anamorph |
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Monodictys asperospora |
a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete |
|
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Monodictys asperospora/ | Monodictys asperospora | a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete | | effuse | colony | Monodictys dematiaceous anamorph |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | effuse colony of Monodictys dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support perithecium |
|
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Pyxidiophora microspora |
an ascomycete fungus |
Pyxidiophorales: Pyxidiophoraceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Pyxidiophorales/Pyxidiophoraceae/Pyxidiophora microspora/ | Pyxidiophora microspora | an ascomycete fungus | | | | perithecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support sessile apothecium |
|
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Coprotus granuliformis |
a discomycete |
Thelebolales: Thelebolaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Coprotus granuliformis/ | Coprotus granuliformis | a discomycete | | sessile | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support sessile apothecium |
|
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Coprotus lacteus |
a discomycete |
Thelebolales: Thelebolaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Coprotus lacteus/ | Coprotus lacteus | a discomycete | | sessile | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support scattered, often immersed apothecium |
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Thelobius dubius var dubius |
a discomycete |
Thelebolales: Thelebolaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Thelobius dubius var. dubius/ | Thelobius dubius var. dubius | a discomycete | | scattered, often immersed | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | scattered, often immersed apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support apothecium |
|
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Ascobolus albidus |
a discomycete |
Pezizales: Ascobolaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascobolaceae/Ascobolus albidus/ | Ascobolus albidus | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support apothecium |
|
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Ascobolus degluptus |
a discomycete |
Pezizales: Ascobolaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascobolaceae/Ascobolus degluptus/ | Ascobolus degluptus | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support sessile apothecium |
|
|
Ascobolus equinus |
a discomycete |
Pezizales: Ascobolaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascobolaceae/Ascobolus equinus/ | Ascobolus equinus | a discomycete | | sessile | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support apothecium |
|
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Ascobolus immersus |
an ascomycete fungus |
Pezizales: Ascobolaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascobolaceae/Ascobolus immersus/ | Ascobolus immersus | an ascomycete fungus | | | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support apothecium |
|
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Ascobolus perplexans |
a discomycete |
Pezizales: Ascobolaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascobolaceae/Ascobolus perplexans/ | Ascobolus perplexans | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support apothecium |
|
|
Ascobolus roseopurpurascens |
a discomycete |
Pezizales: Ascobolaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascobolaceae/Ascobolus roseopurpurascens/ | Ascobolus roseopurpurascens | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support apothecium |
|
|
Ascobolus stictoideus |
a discomycete |
Pezizales: Ascobolaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascobolaceae/Ascobolus stictoideus/ | Ascobolus stictoideus | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support solitary, superficial, sessile apothecium |
|
|
Saccobolus caesariatus |
a discomycete |
Pezizales: Ascobolaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascobolaceae/Saccobolus caesariatus/ | Saccobolus caesariatus | a discomycete | | solitary, superficial, sessile | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | solitary, superficial, sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support solitary or gregarious, superficial, sessile apothecium |
|
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Saccobolus citrinus |
a discomycete |
Pezizales: Ascobolaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascobolaceae/Saccobolus citrinus/ | Saccobolus citrinus | a discomycete | | solitary or gregarious, superficial, sessile | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | solitary or gregarious, superficial, sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support scattered or gregarious, superficial, sessile apothecium |
|
|
Saccobolus depauperatus |
a discomycete |
Pezizales: Ascobolaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascobolaceae/Saccobolus depauperatus/ | Saccobolus depauperatus | a discomycete | | scattered or gregarious, superficial, sessile | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | scattered or gregarious, superficial, sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support solitary or gregarious, superficial, sessile apothecium |
|
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Saccobolus glaber |
a discomycete |
Pezizales: Ascobolaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascobolaceae/Saccobolus glaber/ | Saccobolus glaber | a discomycete | | solitary or gregarious, superficial, sessile | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | solitary or gregarious, superficial, sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support solitary or gregarious apothecium |
|
|
Ascodesmis nigricans |
a discomycete |
Pezizales: Ascodesmidaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascodesmidaceae/Ascodesmis nigricans/ | Ascodesmis nigricans | a discomycete | | solitary or gregarious | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | solitary or gregarious apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support apothecium |
|
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Iodophanus carneus |
a discomycete |
Pezizales: Pezizaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Iodophanus carneus/ | Iodophanus carneus | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support sessile apothecium |
|
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Cheilymenia raripila |
a discomycete |
Pezizales: Pyronemataceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Cheilymenia raripila/ | Cheilymenia raripila | a discomycete | | sessile | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support apothecium |
|
|
Pseudombrophila theioleuca |
a discomycete |
Pezizales: Pyronemataceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Pseudombrophila theioleuca/ | Pseudombrophila theioleuca | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support effuse colony of Oedocephalum anamorph |
|
|
Pyronema omphalodes |
a discomycete |
Pezizales: Pyronemataceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Pyronema omphalodes/ | Pyronema omphalodes | a discomycete | | effuse | colony | Oedocephalum anamorph |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | effuse colony of Oedocephalum anamorph is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support superficial, frequently gregarious perithecium |
|
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Sphaerodes fimicola |
a pyrenomycete |
Melanosporales: Ceratostomataceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Melanosporales/Ceratostomataceae/Sphaerodes fimicola/ | Sphaerodes fimicola | a pyrenomycete | | superficial, frequently gregarious | | perithecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Major |
| | superficial, frequently gregarious perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support stromatic perithecium |
|
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Selinia pulchra |
a pyrenomycete |
Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Selinia pulchra/ | Selinia pulchra | a pyrenomycete | | stromatic | | perithecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | stromatic perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support perithecium |
|
|
Chaetomium globosum |
an ascomycete fungus |
Sordariales: Chaetomiaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Chaetomiaceae/Chaetomium globosum/ | Chaetomium globosum | an ascomycete fungus | | | | perithecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Rare |
| | perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support perithecium |
|
|
Arnium hirtum |
a pyrenomycete |
Sordariales: Lasiosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Lasiosphaeriaceae/Arnium hirtum/ | Arnium hirtum | a pyrenomycete | | | | perithecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support basally immersed, mostly densely clustered perithecium |
|
|
Cercophora coprophila |
a pyrenomycete |
Sordariales: Lasiosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Lasiosphaeriaceae/Cercophora coprophila/ | Cercophora coprophila | a pyrenomycete | | basally immersed, mostly densely clustered | | perithecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Minor |
| | basally immersed, mostly densely clustered perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support basally immersed, scattered or in small groups perithecium |
|
|
Cercophora mirabilis |
a pyrenomycete |
Sordariales: Lasiosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Lasiosphaeriaceae/Cercophora mirabilis/ | Cercophora mirabilis | a pyrenomycete | | basally immersed, scattered or in small groups | | perithecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Minor |
| | basally immersed, scattered or in small groups perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support partly immersed perithecium |
|
|
Podospora intestinacea |
a pyrenomycete |
Sordariales: Lasiosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Lasiosphaeriaceae/Podospora intestinacea/ | Podospora intestinacea | a pyrenomycete | | partly immersed | | perithecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | partly immersed perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support mostly crowded apothecium |
|
|
Podospora myriospora |
a pyrenomycete |
Sordariales: Lasiosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Lasiosphaeriaceae/Podospora myriospora/ | Podospora myriospora | a pyrenomycete | | mostly crowded | | apothecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | mostly crowded apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support perithecium |
|
|
Schizothecium hispidulum |
a pyrenomycete |
Sordariales: Lasiosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Lasiosphaeriaceae/Schizothecium hispidulum/ | Schizothecium hispidulum | a pyrenomycete | | | | perithecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support partly immersed perithecium |
|
|
Triangularia pauciseta |
a pyrenomycete |
Sordariales: Podosporaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Podosporaceae/Triangularia pauciseta/ | Triangularia pauciseta | a pyrenomycete | | partly immersed | | perithecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | partly immersed perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support partly immersed perithecium |
|
|
Triangularia setosa |
a pyrenomycete |
Sordariales: Podosporaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Podosporaceae/Triangularia setosa/ | Triangularia setosa | a pyrenomycete | | partly immersed | | perithecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | partly immersed perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support mostly grouped perithecium |
|
|
Sordaria lappae |
a pyrenomycete |
Sordariales: Sordariaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Sordariaceae/Sordaria lappae/ | Sordaria lappae | a pyrenomycete | | mostly grouped | | perithecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | mostly grouped perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support immersed perithecium |
|
|
Phomatospora coprophila |
a pyrenomycete |
Xylariales |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Phomatospora coprophila/ | Phomatospora coprophila | a pyrenomycete | | immersed | | perithecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | immersed perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support immersed perithecium |
|
|
Hypocopra merdaria |
a pyrenomycete |
Xylariales: Xylariaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypocopra merdaria/ | Hypocopra merdaria | a pyrenomycete | | immersed | | perithecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | immersed perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung of esp. maritime dung may support stalked stroma |
 |
|
Poronia erici |
Dung Button |
Xylariales: Xylariaceae |
New European and Australian records of Poronia erici Lohmeyer and Benkert, and a fairy tale concerning their possible relationship, Lohmeyer, T.R., 1994
Fungal Portraits No. 48: Poronia erici, Spooner, B., 2011
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Poronia erici/ | Poronia erici | dung button | | stalked | | stroma |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | Foreign |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | esp. maritime | Minor |
| | stalked stroma is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung of esp. maritime |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support fruitbody |
|
|
Stropharia semiglobata |
Dung Roundhead |
Agaricales: Strophariaceae |
First Steps - a Beginner’s Guide: Why not look at dung fungi?, Ing, B., 1989
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Stropharia semiglobata/ | Stropharia semiglobata | dung roundhead | | | | fruitbody |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | Major |
| | fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support sporangiophore |
|
|
Mucor saturninus |
a pin mould |
Mucorales: Mucoraceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
|
/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Mucor saturninus/ | Mucor saturninus | a pin mould | | | sporangiophore | |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | sporangiophore is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support sporangiophore |
|
|
Pilobolus kleinii |
a dung cannon |
Mucorales: Pilobolaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
|
/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Pilobolaceae/Pilobolus kleinii/ | Pilobolus kleinii | a dung cannon | | | sporangiophore | |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | sporangiophore is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung |
|
dung dung may support sporangiophore |
|
|
Rhopalomyces magnus |
a pin mould |
Zoopagales: Helicocephalidaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
|
/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Zoopagales/Helicocephalidaceae/Rhopalomyces magnus/ | Rhopalomyces magnus | a pin mould | | | sporangiophore | |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | dung | | |
| | sporangiophore is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung |
| dung (buried) |
|
buried dung animal debris may support solitary larva |
|
|
Trypocopris vernalis |
Spring Dumbledor |
Coleoptera: Geotrupidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Geotrupidae/Trypocopris vernalis/ | Trypocopris vernalis | spring dumbledor | | solitary | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | buried | dung | | |
| | solitary larva feeds on animal debris buried dung |
| dung (buried) |
|
buried dung animal debris may support larva |
|
|
Onthophagus joannae |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Onthophagus joannae/ | Onthophagus joannae | a dung beetle | | | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | buried | dung | | |
| | larva feeds on animal debris buried dung |
| dung (buried) |
|
buried dung animal debris may support larva |
|
|
Onthophagus medius |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Onthophagus medius/ | Onthophagus medius | a dung beetle | | | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | buried | dung | | |
| | larva feeds on animal debris buried dung |
| dung (buried) |
|
buried dung animal debris may support larva |
|
|
Onthophagus similis |
a dung beetle |
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Onthophagus similis/ | Onthophagus similis | a dung beetle | | | | larva |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | buried | dung | | |
| | larva feeds on animal debris buried dung |
| dung (buried) |
|
buried dung dung may support long rooted, perithecial stroma |
 |
|
Podosordaria tulasnei |
a stromatic pyrenomycete |
Xylariales: Xylariaceae |
Podosordaria tulasnei: a pyrenomycete on rabbit pellets in sand dunes, Jones, P., 2013
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Podosordaria tulasnei/ | Podosordaria tulasnei | a stromatic pyrenomycete | | long rooted, perithecial | | stroma |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | buried | dung | | Minor |
Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced | | long rooted, perithecial stroma is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of buried dung |
| dung (buried) |
|
buried dung dung may support long rooted, stromatic perithecium |
|
|
Podosordaria tulasnei |
a stromatic pyrenomycete |
Xylariales: Xylariaceae |
Podosordaria tulasnei: a pyrenomycete on rabbit pellets in sand dunes, Jones, P., 2013
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Podosordaria tulasnei/ | Podosordaria tulasnei | a stromatic pyrenomycete | | long rooted, stromatic | | perithecium |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | buried | dung | | Minor |
Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced | | long rooted, stromatic perithecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of buried dung |
| dung (dry) |
|
dry dung may shelter imago |
|
|
Odonteus armiger |
a dumbledor |
Coleoptera: Geotrupidae |
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Geotrupidae/Odonteus armiger/ | Odonteus armiger | a dumbledor | | | | imago |
Animal / resting place / under | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | dry | dung | | |
| | imago may be found under dry dung |
| dung (weathered) |
|
weathered dung dung may support fruitbody |
|
|
Panaeolus semiovatus var phalaenarum |
an egghead mottlegill |
Agaricales: Galeropsidaceae |
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/Agaricales/Galeropsidaceae/Panaeolus semiovatus var. phalaenarum/ | Panaeolus semiovatus var. phalaenarum | an egghead mottlegill | | | | fruitbody |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | weathered | dung | | Major |
| | fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung |
| dung (weathered) |
|
weathered dung dung may support fruitbody |
|
|
Panaeolus subfirmus |
a mottlegill |
Agaricales: Galeropsidaceae |
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/Agaricales/Galeropsidaceae/Panaeolus subfirmus/ | Panaeolus subfirmus | a mottlegill | | | | fruitbody |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | weathered | dung | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung |
| dung (weathered) |
|
weathered dung dung may support fruitbody |
|
|
Coprinopsis filamentifera |
an inkcap |
Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae |
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/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinopsis filamentifera/ | Coprinopsis filamentifera | an inkcap | | | | fruitbody |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | weathered | dung | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung |
| dung (weathered) |
|
weathered dung dung may support fruitbody |
|
|
Coprinopsis utrifer |
an inkcap |
Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae |
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/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinopsis utrifer/ | Coprinopsis utrifer | an inkcap | | | | fruitbody |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | weathered | dung | | Major |
| | fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung |
| dung (weathered) |
|
weathered dung dung may support fruitbody |
|
|
Coprinopsis vermiculifer |
an inkcap |
Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae |
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/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinopsis vermiculifer/ | Coprinopsis vermiculifer | an inkcap | | | | fruitbody |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | weathered | dung | | Major |
| | fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung |
| dung (wet, weathered) |
|
wet, weathered dung dung may support fruitbody |
|
|
Mycocalia denudata |
Common Mycocalia |
Agaricales: Agaricaceae |
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/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Mycocalia denudata/ | Mycocalia denudata | common mycocalia | | | | fruitbody |
Animal / dung / saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | wet, weathered | dung | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of wet, weathered dung |
| face (live) |
|
live face may be infected by confluent Pithomyces dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Pithomyces chartarum |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Pleosporales: Didymosphaeriaceae |
Pithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) M.B. Ellis, Sutton, B.C. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1977
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymosphaeriaceae/Pithomyces chartarum/ | Pithomyces chartarum | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | confluent | | Pithomyces dematiaceous anamorph |
Animal / pathogen | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | live | face | | |
| | confluent Pithomyces dematiaceous anamorph infects live face |
| hoof |
|
hoof dead is eaten by ascoma |
|
|
Onygena equina |
Horn Stalkball |
Onygenales: Onygenaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Onygenaceae/Onygena equina/ | Onygena equina | horn stalkball | | | | ascoma |
Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | hoof | | |
| | ascoma feeds on dead hoof |
| horn |
|
horn dead is eaten by ascoma |
|
|
Onygena equina |
Horn Stalkball |
Onygenales: Onygenaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Onygenaceae/Onygena equina/ | Onygena equina | horn stalkball | | | | ascoma |
Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | horn | | |
| | ascoma feeds on dead horn |
| intestine |
|
intestine of lamb is endoparasitised by larva |
|
|
Toxocara cati |
an arrow-worm |
|
Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
|
/Animalia/Nematoda/Toxocara cati/ | Toxocara cati | an arrow-worm | | | | larva |
Animal / parasite / endoparasite | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | intestine | lamb | |
| | larva endoparasitises intestine of lamb |
| liver |
|
liver is endoparasitised by hydatid cyst |
|
|
Echinococcus granulosus |
a tapeworm |
Tetraphyllidea: Taeniidae |
Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
|
/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Cestoda/Tetraphyllidea/Taeniidae/Echinococcus granulosus/ | Echinococcus granulosus | a tapeworm | | | | hydatid cyst |
Animal / parasite / endoparasite | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | liver | | |
| | hydatid cyst endoparasitises liver |
| liver |
|
liver is endoparasitised by fluke |
|
|
Dicrocoelium lanceolatum |
Lancet Liver Fluke |
Plagiorchiida: Dicrocoeliidae |
The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
|
/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Plagiorchiida/Dicrocoeliidae/Dicrocoelium lanceolatum/ | Dicrocoelium lanceolatum | lancet liver fluke | | | | fluke |
Animal / parasite / endoparasite | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | liver | | |
| | fluke endoparasitises liver |
| lung |
|
lung is endoparasitised by hydatid cyst |
|
|
Echinococcus granulosus |
a tapeworm |
Tetraphyllidea: Taeniidae |
Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
|
/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Cestoda/Tetraphyllidea/Taeniidae/Echinococcus granulosus/ | Echinococcus granulosus | a tapeworm | | | | hydatid cyst |
Animal / parasite / endoparasite | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | lung | | |
| | hydatid cyst endoparasitises lung |
| muscle |
|
muscle is endoparasitised by Cysticercus larva |
|
|
Taenia ovis |
a tapeworm |
Tetraphyllidea: Taeniidae |
Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
|
/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Cestoda/Tetraphyllidea/Taeniidae/Taenia ovis/ | Taenia ovis | a tapeworm | | | | Cysticercus larva |
Animal / parasite / endoparasite | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | muscle | | |
| | Cysticercus larva endoparasitises muscle |
| spinal cord |
|
spinal cord is endoparasitised by hydatid cyst |
|
|
Echinococcus granulosus |
a tapeworm |
Tetraphyllidea: Taeniidae |
Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
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/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Cestoda/Tetraphyllidea/Taeniidae/Echinococcus granulosus/ | Echinococcus granulosus | a tapeworm | | | | hydatid cyst |
Animal / parasite / endoparasite | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | spinal cord | | |
| | hydatid cyst endoparasitises spinal cord |
| tissue |
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tissue is endoparasitised by cyst |
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Toxocara canis |
an arrow-worm, Toxocara blindness in humans (causative organism) |
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Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
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/Animalia/Nematoda/Toxocara canis/ | Toxocara canis | an arrow-worm, Toxocara blindness in humans (causative organism) | | | | cyst |
Animal / parasite / endoparasite | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | tissue | | |
| | cyst endoparasitises tissue |
| tissue |
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tissue is endoparasitised by larva |
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Toxocara canis |
an arrow-worm, Toxocara blindness in humans (causative organism) |
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Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
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/Animalia/Nematoda/Toxocara canis/ | Toxocara canis | an arrow-worm, Toxocara blindness in humans (causative organism) | | | | larva |
Animal / parasite / endoparasite | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | tissue | | |
| | larva endoparasitises tissue |
| wool |
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wool accommodates puparium |
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Melophagus ovinus |
Sheep Ked |
Diptera: Hippoboscidae |
Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Melophagus ovinus/ | Melophagus ovinus | sheep ked | | | | puparium |
Animal / resting place / within | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | wool | | Sole |
| | puparium rests inside wool |
| wool |
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wool accommodates larva |
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Melophagus ovinus |
Sheep Ked |
Diptera: Hippoboscidae |
Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Melophagus ovinus/ | Melophagus ovinus | sheep ked | | | | larva |
Animal / resting place / within | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | wool | | Sole |
| | larva rests inside wool |
| wool |
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wool animal debris may support ascoma |
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Onygena corvina |
Feather Stalkball |
Onygenales: Onygenaceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Onygenaceae/Onygena corvina/ | Onygena corvina | feather stalkball | | | | ascoma |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | wool | | Major |
| | ascoma feeds on animal debris wool |
| wool (old, discarded) |
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old, discarded wool of blanket animal debris may support fruitbody |
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Sistotrema coronilla |
a basidiomycete fungus |
Cantharellales: Hydnaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Cantharellales/Hydnaceae/Sistotrema coronilla/ | Sistotrema coronilla | a basidiomycete fungus | | | | fruitbody |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | old, discarded | wool | blanket | Rare |
| | fruitbody feeds on animal debris old, discarded wool of blanket |
| woollen |
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woollen of cloth animal debris may support gymnothecium |
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Arthroderma uncinatum |
an ascomycete |
Onygenales: Arthrodermataceae |
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Arthrodermataceae/Arthroderma uncinatum/ | Arthroderma uncinatum | an ascomycete | | | | gymnothecium |
Animal / dung / debris saprobe | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | woollen | cloth | |
| | gymnothecium feeds on animal debris woollen of cloth |
| wound |
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wound is ectoparasitised by larva |
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Lucilia sericata |
Sheep-strike Greenbottle, Sheep-maggot Fly |
Diptera: Calliphoridae |
Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Lucilia sericata/ | Lucilia sericata | sheep-strike greenbottle, sheep-maggot fly | | | | larva |
Animal / parasite / ectoparasite | | |
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/ | Ovis aries | sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep | | | wound | | |
| | larva ectoparasitises wound |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Ovis aries (Sheep (Domestic and Feral), Feral Sheep)
BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk)
has 22 images of Ovis aries (Sheep (Domestic and Feral), Feral Sheep)
