Ascotremella faginea (Peck) Seaver
(a discomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAscotremella faginea (a discomycete)
FamilyHELOTIACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderHELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
SubclassLEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
ClassLEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ascotremella faginea (a discomycete) :
1: Ascotremella faginea (a discomycete)
8 Oct 2000 OSGR: ST88 51° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: East Glos (VC 33) England
on cut wood
Image 1: FruitbodyImage 2: Fruitbody (2)Image 3: Fruitbody - side viewImage 4: AsciImage 5: Asci (2)Image 6: Asci and paraphysesImage 7: Asci and paraphyses (2)Image 8: Asci and paraphyses (3)Image 9: AscosporesImage 10: Context hyphae

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M. 1946 New or interesting British fungi TBMS Vol 29 (3): 141-166.
Dennis, R.W.G. 1971 New or Interesting British Microfungi Kew Bulletin 25 (2): 335-374.

Ascotremella faginea (a discomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ascotremella faginea (a discomycete)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ascotremella faginea (a discomycete)
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