Orbilia curvatispora Boud.
(a glasscup)

Interactions where Orbilia curvatispora 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
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Iris pseudacorus	Yellow Iris, Yellow Flag	Asparagales: Iridaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia curvatispora/	Orbilia curvatispora	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/	Iris pseudacorus	yellow iris, yellow flag		dead	stem				(1-12)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on rotten wood			Hedera	ivies	Apiales: Araliaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia curvatispora/	Orbilia curvatispora	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Hedera/	Hedera	ivies		rotten	wood				(1-12)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on fallen branch			Hedera	ivies	Apiales: Araliaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia curvatispora/	Orbilia curvatispora	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Hedera/	Hedera	ivies		fallen	branch				(1-12)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on rotten wood			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia curvatispora/	Orbilia curvatispora	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		rotten	wood				(1-12)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on fallen branch			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia curvatispora/	Orbilia curvatispora	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		fallen	branch				(1-12)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on rotten wood			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia curvatispora/	Orbilia curvatispora	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		rotten	wood				(1-12)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on fallen branch			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia curvatispora/	Orbilia curvatispora	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		fallen	branch				(1-12)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on rotten wood			Ulmus	elms	Rosales: Ulmaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia curvatispora/	Orbilia curvatispora	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		rotten	wood				(1-12)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on fallen branch			Ulmus	elms	Rosales: Ulmaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia curvatispora/	Orbilia curvatispora	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		fallen	branch				(1-12)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on rotten wood			Acer	maples	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia curvatispora/	Orbilia curvatispora	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer/	Acer	maples		rotten	wood				(1-12)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on fallen branch			Acer	maples	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia curvatispora/	Orbilia curvatispora	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer/	Acer	maples		fallen	branch				(1-12)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on rotten wood			[Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants]	trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia curvatispora/	Orbilia curvatispora	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants/	Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants	trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers		rotten	wood				(1-12)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on fallen branch			[Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants]	trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia curvatispora/	Orbilia curvatispora	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants/	Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants	trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers		fallen	branch				(1-12)

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

Orbilia curvatispora (a glasscup) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Orbilia curvatispora (a glasscup) 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	Orbilia curvatispora (a glasscup)
Genus	Orbilia (glasscup discomycetes)
Family	ORBILIACEAE (glasscup discomycetes)
Order	ORBILIALES (glasscups)
Subclass	ORBILIOMYCETIDAE (glasscups)
Class	ORBILIOMYCETES (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)

Orbilia curvatispora 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 Orbilia curvatispora (a glasscup)

Orbilia curvatispora (a glasscup) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ORBILIACEAE
(glasscup discomycetes)

ORBILIOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

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 Orbilia curvatispora (a glasscup):

ORBILIACEAE
(glasscup discomycetes)

ORBILIOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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