Morenoina phragmitis J.P. Ellis
(a fly speck fungus)

Interactions where Morenoina phragmitis 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
anamorph		pycnothyrium of anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Phragmites australis	Common Reed	Poales: Poaceae	The genus Morenoina in Britain, Ellis, J.P., 1980 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Morenoina phragmitis/	Morenoina phragmitis	a fly speck fungus			pycnothyrium	anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/	Phragmites australis	common reed		dead	stem				(4-8)
thyriothecium (often confluent)		often confluent thyriothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Phragmites australis	Common Reed	Poales: Poaceae	The genus Morenoina in Britain, Ellis, J.P., 1980 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Morenoina phragmitis/	Morenoina phragmitis	a fly speck fungus		often confluent		thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/	Phragmites australis	common reed		dead	stem		Major		(4-8)
anamorph		pycnothyrium of anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Phalaris arundinacea	Reed Canary-grass	Poales: Poaceae	The genus Morenoina in Britain, Ellis, J.P., 1980 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Morenoina phragmitis/	Morenoina phragmitis	a fly speck fungus			pycnothyrium	anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/	Phalaris arundinacea	reed canary-grass		dead	stem		Minor		(4-8)
thyriothecium (often confluent)		often confluent thyriothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Phalaris arundinacea	Reed Canary-grass	Poales: Poaceae	The genus Morenoina in Britain, Ellis, J.P., 1980 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Morenoina phragmitis/	Morenoina phragmitis	a fly speck fungus		often confluent		thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/	Phalaris arundinacea	reed canary-grass		dead	stem				(4-8)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, J.P., 1980	The genus Morenoina in Britain	TBMS Vol 74 (2): 297-307.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Morenoina phragmitis (a fly speck fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Morenoina phragmitis (a fly speck fungus) 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	Morenoina phragmitis (a fly speck fungus)
Genus	Morenoina (a genus of fly speck fungi)
Family	ASTERINACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	ASTERINALES (an order of fungi)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (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)

Morenoina phragmitis is also a member of:
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 Morenoina phragmitis (a fly speck fungus)

Morenoina phragmitis (a fly speck fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Morenoina
(a genus of fly speck fungi)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

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 Morenoina phragmitis (a fly speck fungus):

Morenoina
(a genus of fly speck fungi)

ASTERINACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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