Calcarisporium arbuscula Preuss
(an anamorphic fungus)

Interactions where Calcarisporium arbuscula 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
Calcarisporium anamorph		colony of Calcarisporium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			FUNGI	true fungi		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/	Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Calcarisporium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/	Fungi	true fungi			fruitbody
Calcarisporium anamorph		colony of Calcarisporium anamorph parasitises apothecium			Hyaloscypha hyalina	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/	Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Calcarisporium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Hyaloscypha hyalina/	Hyaloscypha hyalina	a discomycete			apothecium		Major
Calcarisporium anamorph		colony of Calcarisporium anamorph parasitises apothecium			Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete	Helotiales: Lachnaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/	Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Calcarisporium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete			apothecium		Major
Calcarisporium anamorph		colony of Calcarisporium anamorph parasitises apothecium			Lachnum virgineum	Snowy Disco	Helotiales: Lachnaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/	Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Calcarisporium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum virgineum/	Lachnum virgineum	snowy disco			apothecium		Major
Calcarisporium anamorph		colony of Calcarisporium anamorph parasitises stroma			Diatrypella quercina	Oak Blackhead	Xylariales: Diatrypaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/	Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Calcarisporium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Diatrypaceae/Diatrypella quercina/	Diatrypella quercina	oak blackhead			stroma
Calcarisporium anamorph		colony of Calcarisporium anamorph parasitises stroma			Annulohypoxylon multiforme	Birch Woodwart	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/	Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Calcarisporium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Annulohypoxylon multiforme/	Annulohypoxylon multiforme	birch woodwart			stroma
Calcarisporium anamorph		colony of Calcarisporium anamorph parasitises perithecium			Rosellinia aquila	a pyrenomycete	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/	Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Calcarisporium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Rosellinia aquila/	Rosellinia aquila	a pyrenomycete			perithecium		Major
Calcarisporium anamorph		colony of Calcarisporium anamorph parasitises stroma			Xylaria longipes	Dead Moll’s Fingers	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/	Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Calcarisporium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Xylaria longipes/	Xylaria longipes	dead moll's fingers			stroma
Calcarisporium anamorph		colony of Calcarisporium anamorph parasitises stroma			Xylaria polymorpha	Dead Man’s Fingers	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/	Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Calcarisporium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Xylaria polymorpha/	Xylaria polymorpha	dead man’s fingers			stroma
Calcarisporium anamorph		colony of Calcarisporium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			Cuphophyllus pratensis var pratensis	Meadow Waxcap	Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/	Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Calcarisporium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Hygrophoraceae/Cuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis/	Cuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis	meadow waxcap			fruitbody		Minor
Calcarisporium anamorph		colony of Calcarisporium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			Mycena galericulata	Common Bonnet, Bonnet Mycena	Agaricales: Mycenaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/	Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Calcarisporium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena galericulata/	Mycena galericulata	common bonnet, bonnet mycena			fruitbody		Minor
Calcarisporium anamorph		colony of Calcarisporium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			Lactarius	milkcap toadstools	Russulales: Russulaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/	Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Calcarisporium anamorph	Fungus / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Lactarius/	Lactarius	milkcap toadstools			fruitbody
Calcarisporium anamorph		colony of Calcarisporium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			Russula emetica	Sickener	Russulales: Russulaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/	Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Calcarisporium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula emetica/	Russula emetica	sickener			fruitbody		Minor
Calcarisporium anamorph		colony of Calcarisporium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			Russula nigricans	Blackening Brittlegill, Blackening Russula	Russulales: Russulaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/	Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Calcarisporium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula nigricans/	Russula nigricans	blackening brittlegill, blackening Russula			fruitbody		Minor
Calcarisporium anamorph		colony of Calcarisporium anamorph is associated with fungus infected wood			[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/	Calcarisporium arbuscula	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Calcarisporium anamorph	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		fungus infected	wood

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
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Calcarisporium arbuscula (an anamorphic fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Calcarisporium arbuscula (an anamorphic fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Calcarisporium arbuscula (an anamorphic fungus)
Order	HYPOCREALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
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)

Calcarisporium arbuscula is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
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 Calcarisporium arbuscula (an anamorphic fungus)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hoog, G.S. de	1974	The genera Blastobotrys, Sporothrix, Calcarisporium and Calcarisporiella gen. nov.	Stud. Mycol. 7.

Calcarisporium arbuscula (an anamorphic fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HYPOCREALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Calcarisporium arbuscula (an anamorphic fungus):

HYPOCREALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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