Arthrinium sporophleum Kunze
(a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Interactions where Arthrinium sporophleum 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
Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph		sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on newly dead leaf			Carex acuta	Slender Tufted-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sporophleum/	Arthrinium sporophleum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/	Carex acuta	slender tufted-sedge		newly dead	leaf				(3-4)
Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph		sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on newly dead leaf			Carex acutiformis	Lesser Pond-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sporophleum/	Arthrinium sporophleum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		newly dead	leaf				(3-4)
Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph		sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on newly dead leaf			Carex appropinquata	Fibrous Tussock-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sporophleum/	Arthrinium sporophleum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex appropinquata/	Carex appropinquata	fibrous tussock-sedge		newly dead	leaf				(3-4)
Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph		sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on newly dead leaf			Carex flava agg.	yellow sedges	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sporophleum/	Arthrinium sporophleum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex flava agg./	Carex flava agg.	yellow sedges		newly dead	leaf				(3-4)
Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph		sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on newly dead leaf			Carex hirta	Hairy Sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sporophleum/	Arthrinium sporophleum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex hirta/	Carex hirta	hairy sedge		newly dead	leaf				(3-4)
Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph		sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on newly dead leaf			Carex paniculata	Greater Tussock-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sporophleum/	Arthrinium sporophleum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex paniculata/	Carex paniculata	greater tussock-sedge		newly dead	leaf				(3-4)
Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph		sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on newly dead leaf			Carex pendula	Pendulous Sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sporophleum/	Arthrinium sporophleum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pendula/	Carex pendula	pendulous sedge		newly dead	leaf				(3-4)
Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph		sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on newly dead leaf			Carex riparia	Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sporophleum/	Arthrinium sporophleum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex riparia/	Carex riparia	great pond-sedge, greater pond-sedge		newly dead	leaf		Major		(3-4)
Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph		sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on newly dead leaf			Eriophorum angustifolium	Common Cottongrass	Poales: Cyperaceae	British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sporophleum/	Arthrinium sporophleum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/	Eriophorum angustifolium	common cottongrass		newly dead	leaf				(3-4)
Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph		sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on newly dead leaf			Juncus effusus	Soft Rush, Soft-rush	Poales: Juncaceae	British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sporophleum/	Arthrinium sporophleum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus effusus/	Juncus effusus	soft rush, soft-rush		newly dead	leaf				(3-4)
Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph		sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf			Typha	bulrushes, reedmaces	Poales: Typhaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sporophleum/	Arthrinium sporophleum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha/	Typha	bulrushes, reedmaces		dead	leaf				(3-4)
Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph		sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf			Typha latifolia	Bulrush, Greater Reedmace	Poales: Typhaceae	British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sporophleum/	Arthrinium sporophleum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha latifolia/	Typha latifolia	bulrush, greater reedmace		dead	leaf				(3-4)

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
Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	British marsh and fen fungi. II	TBMS Vol 34 (4): 497-514.

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Arthrinium
(a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Arthrinium sporophleum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
Genus	Arthrinium (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)
Family	APIOSPORACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (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 Arthrinium sporophleum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P.	1951	British marsh and fen fungi. II	TBMS Vol 34 (4): 497-514.

Arthrinium sporophleum (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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)