Hypocrea argillacea W. Phillips & Plowr.
(a stromatic pyrenomycete)

Interactions where Hypocrea argillacea 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
stroma (superficial)		superficial stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypocrea argillacea/	Hypocrea argillacea	a stromatic pyrenomycete		superficial		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		dead	branch				(10-3)
stroma (superficial)		superficial stroma is saprobic on rotten wood			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypocrea argillacea/	Hypocrea argillacea	a stromatic pyrenomycete		superficial		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		rotten	wood				(10-3)
stroma (superficial)		superficial stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypocrea argillacea/	Hypocrea argillacea	a stromatic pyrenomycete		superficial		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut		dead	branch				(10-3)
stroma (superficial)		superficial stroma is saprobic on rotten wood			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypocrea argillacea/	Hypocrea argillacea	a stromatic pyrenomycete		superficial		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut		rotten	wood				(10-3)
stroma (superficial)		superficial stroma is saprobic on dead branch			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypocrea argillacea/	Hypocrea argillacea	a stromatic pyrenomycete		superficial		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead	branch				(10-3)
stroma (superficial)		superficial stroma is saprobic on rotten wood			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Hypocrea placentula and its Trichoderma anamorph., Spooner, B.M. & Williams, M.A.J., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypocrea argillacea/	Hypocrea argillacea	a stromatic pyrenomycete		superficial		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		rotten	wood				(10-3)

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. & Williams, M.A.J., 1990	Hypocrea placentula and its Trichoderma anamorph.	Mycologist Vol 04 (2): 66-69.

Hypocrea argillacea (a stromatic pyrenomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Hypocrea argillacea (a stromatic pyrenomycete) 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:

Species	Hypocrea argillacea (a stromatic pyrenomycete)
Genus	Hypocrea (a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
Family	HYPOCREACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
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)

Hypocrea argillacea 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 Hypocrea argillacea (a stromatic pyrenomycete)

Hypocrea argillacea (a stromatic pyrenomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Hypocrea
(a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

HYPOCREACEAE
(a family of pyrenomycetes)

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 Hypocrea argillacea (a stromatic pyrenomycete):

Hypocrea
(a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

HYPOCREACEAE
(a family of pyrenomycetes)

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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