Periconia byssoides Pers.
(a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Interactions where Periconia byssoides 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
Periconia dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, patchily blackened stem			Heracleum sphondylium	Hogweed, Kecks	Apiales: Apiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia byssoides/	Periconia byssoides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Heracleum sphondylium/	Heracleum sphondylium	hogweed, kecks		dead, patchily blackened	stem
Periconia dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, patchily blackened stem			Fallopia	a genus of knotweeds	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia byssoides/	Periconia byssoides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia/	Fallopia	a genus of knotweeds		dead, patchily blackened	stem
Periconia dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, patchily blackened stem			Fallopia japonica	Japanese Knotweed	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia byssoides/	Periconia byssoides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/	Fallopia japonica	Japanese knotweed		dead, patchily blackened	stem
Periconia dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, patchily blackened stem			Ballota nigra	Black Horehound	Lamiales: Lamiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia byssoides/	Periconia byssoides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Ballota nigra/	Ballota nigra	black horehound		dead, patchily blackened	stem
Periconia dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, patchily blackened stem			Epilobium	willow-herbs	Myrtales: Onagraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia byssoides/	Periconia byssoides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium/	Epilobium	willow-herbs		dead, patchily blackened	stem
Periconia dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, patchily blackened stem			Urtica dioica	Common Nettle	Rosales: Urticaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia byssoides/	Periconia byssoides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/	Urtica dioica	common nettle		dead, patchily blackened	stem		Major
Periconia dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, patchily blackened stem			[Herbaceous Plants]	herbaceous plants		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia byssoides/	Periconia byssoides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/	Herbaceous Plants	herbaceous plants		dead, patchily blackened	stem
Periconia dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph secondarily infects fungus-infected leaf-spot			[Herbaceous Plants]	herbaceous plants		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia byssoides/	Periconia byssoides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / secondary infection			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/	Herbaceous Plants	herbaceous plants		fungus-infected	leaf-spot		Major
Periconia dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia byssoides/	Periconia byssoides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		dead	stem		Rare

Interactions where Periconia byssoides 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 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
		infection is associate of colony of Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph			Epicoccum nigrum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae	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)	colony of Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph is associated with infection

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

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Periconia
(a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Periconia byssoides (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
Genus	Periconia (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)
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)

Periconia byssoides is also a member of:
Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes - dematiaceous anamorphic fungi (via Periconia)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Periconia byssoides (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Periconia byssoides (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) may 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)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Periconia byssoides (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)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

BioImages

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