Pseudospiropes obclavatus M.B. Ellis
(a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Interactions where Pseudospiropes obclavatus 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
Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen branch			Hedera	ivies	Apiales: Araliaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Pseudospiropes obclavatus/	Pseudospiropes obclavatus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Hedera/	Hedera	ivies		fallen	branch
Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen branch			Sambucus	elders	Dipsacales: Adoxaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Pseudospiropes obclavatus/	Pseudospiropes obclavatus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Adoxaceae/Sambucus/	Sambucus	elders		fallen	branch
Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen branch			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Pseudospiropes obclavatus/	Pseudospiropes obclavatus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		fallen	branch
Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen branch			Corylus	hazels	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Pseudospiropes obclavatus/	Pseudospiropes obclavatus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus/	Corylus	hazels		fallen	branch
Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen branch			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Pseudospiropes obclavatus/	Pseudospiropes obclavatus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut		fallen	branch
Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen branch			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Pseudospiropes obclavatus/	Pseudospiropes obclavatus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		fallen	branch
Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen branch			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Pseudospiropes obclavatus/	Pseudospiropes obclavatus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		fallen	branch
Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Epilobium	willow-herbs	Myrtales: Onagraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Pseudospiropes obclavatus/	Pseudospiropes obclavatus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium/	Epilobium	willow-herbs		dead	stem
Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen branch			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Pseudospiropes obclavatus/	Pseudospiropes obclavatus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines		fallen	branch

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pseudospiropes obclavatus (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	Pseudospiropes obclavatus (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
Genus	Pseudospiropes (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)
Family	HELOTIACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

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

Pseudospiropes obclavatus (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pseudospiropes obclavatus (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus):

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

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