Acrogenospora sphaerocephala (Berk. & Broome) M.B. Ellis
(a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Interactions where Acrogenospora sphaerocephala 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
Acrogenospora anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Acrogenospora anamorph is saprobic on rotten wood			Cornus	dogwoods	Cornales: Cornaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Acrogenospora sphaerocephala/	Acrogenospora sphaerocephala	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Acrogenospora anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cornales/Cornaceae/Cornus/	Cornus	dogwoods		rotten	wood
Acrogenospora dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Acrogenospora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotten wood			Sambucus	elders	Dipsacales: Adoxaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Acrogenospora sphaerocephala/	Acrogenospora sphaerocephala	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Acrogenospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Adoxaceae/Sambucus/	Sambucus	elders		rotten	wood
Acrogenospora anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Acrogenospora anamorph is saprobic on rotten wood			Alnus	alders	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Acrogenospora sphaerocephala/	Acrogenospora sphaerocephala	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Acrogenospora anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders		rotten	wood
Acrogenospora anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Acrogenospora anamorph is saprobic on rotten wood			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Acrogenospora sphaerocephala/	Acrogenospora sphaerocephala	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Acrogenospora anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		rotten	wood
Acrogenospora anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Acrogenospora anamorph is saprobic on rotten wood			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Acrogenospora sphaerocephala/	Acrogenospora sphaerocephala	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Acrogenospora anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		rotten	wood
Acrogenospora anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Acrogenospora anamorph is saprobic on rotten wood			Prunus spinosa	Blackthorn, Sloe	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Acrogenospora sphaerocephala/	Acrogenospora sphaerocephala	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Acrogenospora anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus spinosa/	Prunus spinosa	blackthorn, sloe		rotten	wood
Acrogenospora anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Acrogenospora anamorph is saprobic on rotten wood			Acer	maples	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Acrogenospora sphaerocephala/	Acrogenospora sphaerocephala	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Acrogenospora anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer/	Acer	maples		rotten	wood
Acrogenospora dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Acrogenospora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotten wood			Taxus baccata	Yew	Pinales: Taxaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Acrogenospora sphaerocephala/	Acrogenospora sphaerocephala	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Acrogenospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew		rotten	wood

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

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Acrogenospora sphaerocephala (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	Acrogenospora sphaerocephala (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
Genus	Acrogenospora (a genus of fungi)
Family	HYSTERIACEAE (a family of hysteroid ascomycetes)
Order	HYSTERIALES (an order of ascomycetes)
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)

Acrogenospora sphaerocephala is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
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 Acrogenospora sphaerocephala (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

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

HYSTERIALES
(an order of ascomycetes)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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

HYSTERIALES
(an order of ascomycetes)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Creative Commons License

This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)