Encoelia fimbriata Spooner & Trigaux
(Fringed Cup)

Interactions where Encoelia fimbriata 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
		is associated with stroma			Hypocreopsis lichenoides	Willow Gloves	Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Profiles of Fungi No. 42: Encoelia fimbriata Spooner & Trigaux, Spooner, B.M., 1992	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Encoelia fimbriata/	Encoelia fimbriata	fringed cup					Fungus / associate			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypocreopsis lichenoides/	Hypocreopsis lichenoides	willow gloves				stroma
apothecium (erumpent, densely clustered, stromatic)		erumpent, densely clustered, stromatic apothecium is saprobic on dead twig			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Profiles of Fungi No. 42: Encoelia fimbriata Spooner & Trigaux, Spooner, B.M., 1992	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Encoelia fimbriata/	Encoelia fimbriata	fringed cup		erumpent, densely clustered, stromatic		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		dead	twig		Major
stroma		stroma is saprobic on dead twig			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Profiles of Fungi No. 42: Encoelia fimbriata Spooner & Trigaux, Spooner, B.M., 1992	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Encoelia fimbriata/	Encoelia fimbriata	fringed cup				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		dead	twig		Major
apothecium (erumpent, densely clustered, stromatic)		erumpent, densely clustered, stromatic apothecium is saprobic on dead wood			Prunus spinosa	Blackthorn, Sloe	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A new Encoelia (Helotiales) from Prunus spinosa in France, Spooner, B.M. & Trigaux, G., 1985 Profiles of Fungi No. 42: Encoelia fimbriata Spooner & Trigaux, Spooner, B.M., 1992	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Encoelia fimbriata/	Encoelia fimbriata	fringed cup		erumpent, densely clustered, stromatic		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus spinosa/	Prunus spinosa	blackthorn, sloe		dead	wood		Minor
apothecium (erumpent, densely clustered, stromatic)		erumpent, densely clustered, stromatic apothecium is saprobic on dead bark			Prunus spinosa	Blackthorn, Sloe	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A new Encoelia (Helotiales) from Prunus spinosa in France, Spooner, B.M. & Trigaux, G., 1985 Profiles of Fungi No. 42: Encoelia fimbriata Spooner & Trigaux, Spooner, B.M., 1992	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Encoelia fimbriata/	Encoelia fimbriata	fringed cup		erumpent, densely clustered, stromatic		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus spinosa/	Prunus spinosa	blackthorn, sloe		dead	bark		Minor
stroma		stroma is saprobic on dead bark			Prunus spinosa	Blackthorn, Sloe	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A new Encoelia (Helotiales) from Prunus spinosa in France, Spooner, B.M. & Trigaux, G., 1985 Profiles of Fungi No. 42: Encoelia fimbriata Spooner & Trigaux, Spooner, B.M., 1992	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Encoelia fimbriata/	Encoelia fimbriata	fringed cup				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus spinosa/	Prunus spinosa	blackthorn, sloe		dead	bark		Minor
stroma		stroma is saprobic on dead wood			Prunus spinosa	Blackthorn, Sloe	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A new Encoelia (Helotiales) from Prunus spinosa in France, Spooner, B.M. & Trigaux, G., 1985 Profiles of Fungi No. 42: Encoelia fimbriata Spooner & Trigaux, Spooner, B.M., 1992	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Encoelia fimbriata/	Encoelia fimbriata	fringed cup				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus spinosa/	Prunus spinosa	blackthorn, sloe		dead	wood		Minor

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
Spooner, B.M. & Trigaux, G., 1985	A new Encoelia (Helotiales) from Prunus spinosa in France	TBMS Vol 85 (3): 547-552.
Spooner, B.M., 1992	Profiles of Fungi No. 42: Encoelia fimbriata Spooner & Trigaux	Mycologist Vol 06 (1): 42.

Encoelia fimbriata (Fringed Cup) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Encoelia fimbriata (Fringed Cup) 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:

Species	Encoelia fimbriata (Fringed Cup)
Genus	Encoelia (a genus of discomycete fungi)
Family	SCLEROTINIACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Encoelia fimbriata is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
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 Encoelia fimbriata (Fringed Cup)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Spooner, B.M. & Trigaux, G.	1985	A new Encoelia (Helotiales) from Prunus spinosa in France	TBMS Vol 85 (3): 547-552.
	Spooner, B.M.	1992	Profiles of Fungi No. 42: Encoelia fimbriata Spooner & Trigaux	Mycologist Vol 06 (1): 42.

Encoelia fimbriata (Fringed Cup) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

SCLEROTINIACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Encoelia fimbriata (Fringed Cup):

SCLEROTINIACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

Endangered

VU/D2

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