Hypomyces chrysospermus Tul. & C. Tul.
(Bolete Mould)

Interactions where Hypomyces chrysospermus 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
perithecium		perithecium parasitises malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing fruitbody			Boletus	a genus of boletes	Boletales: Boletaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/	Hypomyces chrysospermus	bolete mould				perithecium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus/	Boletus	a genus of boletes		malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing	fruitbody
Sepedonium anamorph		chlamydospore of Sepedonium anamorph parasitises malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing fruitbody			Boletus	a genus of boletes	Boletales: Boletaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/	Hypomyces chrysospermus	bolete mould			chlamydospore	Sepedonium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus/	Boletus	a genus of boletes		malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing	fruitbody
Verticillium anamorph		Verticillium anamorph parasitises malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing fruitbody			Boletus	a genus of boletes	Boletales: Boletaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/	Hypomyces chrysospermus	bolete mould				Verticillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus/	Boletus	a genus of boletes		malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing	fruitbody
perithecium		perithecium parasitises malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing fruitbody			Boletus edulis	Penny Bun, Cep	Boletales: Boletaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/	Hypomyces chrysospermus	bolete mould				perithecium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus edulis/	Boletus edulis	penny bun, cep		malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing	fruitbody		Major
Sepedonium anamorph		chlamydospore of Sepedonium anamorph parasitises malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing fruitbody			Boletus edulis	Penny Bun, Cep	Boletales: Boletaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/	Hypomyces chrysospermus	bolete mould			chlamydospore	Sepedonium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus edulis/	Boletus edulis	penny bun, cep		malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing	fruitbody		Major
Verticillium anamorph		Verticillium anamorph parasitises malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing fruitbody			Boletus edulis	Penny Bun, Cep	Boletales: Boletaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/	Hypomyces chrysospermus	bolete mould				Verticillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus edulis/	Boletus edulis	penny bun, cep		malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing	fruitbody		Major
Sepedonium anamorph		chlamydospore of Sepedonium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			Pseudoboletus parasiticus	Parasitic Bolete	Boletales: Boletaceae	Personal Encounters with the Parasitic Bolete, Both, E.E., 2006	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/	Hypomyces chrysospermus	bolete mould			chlamydospore	Sepedonium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Pseudoboletus parasiticus/	Pseudoboletus parasiticus	parasitic bolete			fruitbody
Sepedonium anamorph		chlamydospore of Sepedonium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			Xerocomellus chrysenteron	Red Cracking Bolete	Boletales: Boletaceae	Personal Encounters with the Parasitic Bolete, Both, E.E., 2006	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/	Hypomyces chrysospermus	bolete mould			chlamydospore	Sepedonium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Xerocomellus chrysenteron/	Xerocomellus chrysenteron	red cracking bolete			fruitbody		Major
perithecium		perithecium parasitises fruitbody			Paxillus involutus	Brown Rollrim, Poison Pax, "The Silent Killer"	Boletales: Paxillaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/	Hypomyces chrysospermus	bolete mould				perithecium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Paxillaceae/Paxillus involutus/	Paxillus involutus	brown rollrim, poison pax, "the silent killer"			fruitbody		Major
Sepedonium anamorph		chlamydospore of Sepedonium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			Paxillus involutus	Brown Rollrim, Poison Pax, "The Silent Killer"	Boletales: Paxillaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/	Hypomyces chrysospermus	bolete mould			chlamydospore	Sepedonium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Paxillaceae/Paxillus involutus/	Paxillus involutus	brown rollrim, poison pax, "the silent killer"			fruitbody		Major
Verticillium anamorph		Verticillium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			Paxillus involutus	Brown Rollrim, Poison Pax, "The Silent Killer"	Boletales: Paxillaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/	Hypomyces chrysospermus	bolete mould				Verticillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Paxillaceae/Paxillus involutus/	Paxillus involutus	brown rollrim, poison pax, "the silent killer"			fruitbody		Major
perithecium		perithecium parasitises fruitbody			Scleroderma citrinum	Common Earthball	Boletales: Sclerodermataceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/	Hypomyces chrysospermus	bolete mould				perithecium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Sclerodermataceae/Scleroderma citrinum/	Scleroderma citrinum	common earthball			fruitbody		Major
Sepedonium anamorph		chlamydospore of Sepedonium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			Scleroderma citrinum	Common Earthball	Boletales: Sclerodermataceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/	Hypomyces chrysospermus	bolete mould			chlamydospore	Sepedonium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Sclerodermataceae/Scleroderma citrinum/	Scleroderma citrinum	common earthball			fruitbody		Major
Verticillium anamorph		Verticillium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			Scleroderma citrinum	Common Earthball	Boletales: Sclerodermataceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/	Hypomyces chrysospermus	bolete mould				Verticillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Sclerodermataceae/Scleroderma citrinum/	Scleroderma citrinum	common earthball			fruitbody		Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
Both, E.E., 2006	Personal Encounters with the Parasitic Bolete	Field Mycology Vol 7 (3): 104-109.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Hypomyces chrysospermus (Bolete Mould) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Hypomyces chrysospermus (Bolete Mould) 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	Hypomyces chrysospermus (Bolete Mould)
Genus	Hypomyces (a genus of ascomycetes)
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)

Hypomyces chrysospermus 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 Hypomyces chrysospermus (Bolete Mould)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hawker, L.E.	1955	Hypogeous Fungi IV and V	TBMS Vol 38 (1): 73-77.

Hypomyces chrysospermus (Bolete Mould) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Both, E.E.	2006	Personal Encounters with the Parasitic Bolete	Field Mycology Vol 7 (3): 104-109.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Hypomyces chrysospermus (Bolete Mould):

Hypomyces
(a genus of ascomycetes)

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))

BioImages

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