Herpobasidium filicinum (Rostr.) Lind
(a pucciniomycete)

Interactions where Herpobasidium filicinum 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
		causes spots on sickly frond			FILICOPSIDA	leptosporangiate ferns		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Platygloeales/Eocronartiaceae/Herpobasidium filicinum/	Herpobasidium filicinum	a pucciniomycete					Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Filicopsida/	Filicopsida	leptosporangiate ferns		sickly	frond
		causes spots on moribund frond			FILICOPSIDA	leptosporangiate ferns		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Platygloeales/Eocronartiaceae/Herpobasidium filicinum/	Herpobasidium filicinum	a pucciniomycete					Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Filicopsida/	Filicopsida	leptosporangiate ferns		moribund	frond
		causes spots on frond			Cystopteris montana	Mountain Bladder-fern	Polypodiales: Cystopteridaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Platygloeales/Eocronartiaceae/Herpobasidium filicinum/	Herpobasidium filicinum	a pucciniomycete					Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Cystopteridaceae/Cystopteris montana/	Cystopteris montana	mountain bladder-fern			frond
		causes spots on frond			Gymnocarpium dryopteris	Oak Fern	Polypodiales: Cystopteridaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Platygloeales/Eocronartiaceae/Herpobasidium filicinum/	Herpobasidium filicinum	a pucciniomycete					Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Cystopteridaceae/Gymnocarpium dryopteris/	Gymnocarpium dryopteris	oak fern			frond
		causes spots on sickly frond			Dryopteris filix-mas	Common Male Fern, Male-fern	Polypodiales: Dryopteridaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Platygloeales/Eocronartiaceae/Herpobasidium filicinum/	Herpobasidium filicinum	a pucciniomycete					Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Dryopteridaceae/Dryopteris filix-mas/	Dryopteris filix-mas	common male fern, male-fern		sickly	frond
		causes spots on moribund frond			Dryopteris filix-mas	Common Male Fern, Male-fern	Polypodiales: Dryopteridaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Platygloeales/Eocronartiaceae/Herpobasidium filicinum/	Herpobasidium filicinum	a pucciniomycete					Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Dryopteridaceae/Dryopteris filix-mas/	Dryopteris filix-mas	common male fern, male-fern		moribund	frond
		causes spots on moribund frond			Phegopteris connectilis	Beech Fern	Polypodiales: Thelypteridaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Platygloeales/Eocronartiaceae/Herpobasidium filicinum/	Herpobasidium filicinum	a pucciniomycete					Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Thelypteridaceae/Phegopteris connectilis/	Phegopteris connectilis	beech fern		moribund	frond
		causes spots on sickly frond			Phegopteris connectilis	Beech Fern	Polypodiales: Thelypteridaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Platygloeales/Eocronartiaceae/Herpobasidium filicinum/	Herpobasidium filicinum	a pucciniomycete					Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Thelypteridaceae/Phegopteris connectilis/	Phegopteris connectilis	beech fern		sickly	frond
		causes spots on sickly frond			Thelypteris palustris	Marsh Fern	Polypodiales: Thelypteridaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Platygloeales/Eocronartiaceae/Herpobasidium filicinum/	Herpobasidium filicinum	a pucciniomycete					Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Thelypteridaceae/Thelypteris palustris/	Thelypteris palustris	marsh fern		sickly	frond
		causes spots on moribund frond			Thelypteris palustris	Marsh Fern	Polypodiales: Thelypteridaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Platygloeales/Eocronartiaceae/Herpobasidium filicinum/	Herpobasidium filicinum	a pucciniomycete					Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Thelypteridaceae/Thelypteris palustris/	Thelypteris palustris	marsh fern		moribund	frond

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	New or interesting British fungi	TBMS Vol 29 (3): 141-166.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Herpobasidium filicinum (a pucciniomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Herpobasidium filicinum (a pucciniomycete) 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	Herpobasidium filicinum (a pucciniomycete)
Family	EOCRONARTIACEAE (a family of pucciniomycetes)
Order	PLATYGLOEALES (an order of pucciniomycetes)
Class	PUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
Subphylum	PUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Herpobasidium filicinum is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Pucciniomycetes)
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 Herpobasidium filicinum (a pucciniomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M.	1946	New or interesting British fungi	TBMS Vol 29 (3): 141-166.

Herpobasidium filicinum (a pucciniomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(rust fungi etc)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

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 Herpobasidium filicinum (a pucciniomycete):

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(rust fungi etc)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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