Torula herbarum (Pers.) Link
(a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Interactions where Torula herbarum 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
Torula dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Anthriscus sylvestris	Cow Parsley, Kecks	Apiales: Apiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Torula herbarum/	Torula herbarum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Torula dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Anthriscus sylvestris/	Anthriscus sylvestris	cow parsley, kecks		dead	stem
Torula dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Heracleum sphondylium	Hogweed, Kecks	Apiales: Apiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Torula herbarum/	Torula herbarum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Torula dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Heracleum sphondylium/	Heracleum sphondylium	hogweed, kecks		dead	stem
Torula dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead			Armoracia rusticana	Horse Radish, Horse-radish	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Torula herbarum/	Torula herbarum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Torula dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Armoracia rusticana/	Armoracia rusticana	horse radish, horse-radish		dead
Torula dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Fallopia	a genus of knotweeds	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Torula herbarum/	Torula herbarum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Torula dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia/	Fallopia	a genus of knotweeds		dead	stem
Torula dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Fallopia japonica	Japanese Knotweed	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Torula herbarum/	Torula herbarum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Torula dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/	Fallopia japonica	Japanese knotweed		dead	stem
Torula dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Rumex	docks	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Torula herbarum/	Torula herbarum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Torula dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/	Rumex	docks		dead	stem
Torula dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead			Epilobium	willow-herbs	Myrtales: Onagraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Torula herbarum/	Torula herbarum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Torula dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium/	Epilobium	willow-herbs		dead
Torula dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Urtica dioica	Common Nettle	Rosales: Urticaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Torula herbarum/	Torula herbarum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Torula dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/	Urtica dioica	common nettle		dead	stem		Major
Torula dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead			[Herbaceous Plants]	herbaceous plants		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Torula herbarum/	Torula herbarum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Torula dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/	Herbaceous Plants	herbaceous plants		dead
Torula dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Torula 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/Capnodiales/Torula herbarum/	Torula herbarum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Torula dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		dead	stem		Major
Torula dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Torula herbarum/	Torula herbarum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Torula dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		dead	leaf		Major
Torula dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf			Ammophila (Bot.)	marram grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Torula herbarum/	Torula herbarum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Torula dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Ammophila (Bot.)/	Ammophila (Bot.)	marram grasses		dead	leaf
Torula dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Ammophila (Bot.)	marram grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Torula herbarum/	Torula herbarum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Torula dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Ammophila (Bot.)/	Ammophila (Bot.)	marram grasses		dead	stem

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

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Torula herbarum (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	Torula herbarum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
Genus	Torula (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycetes)
Order	CAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
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)

NBN

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

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

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

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 Torula herbarum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus):

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

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))

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