Schizothyrium pomi (Mont. & Fr.) Arx
(Apple Fly Speck)

Interactions where Schizothyrium pomi 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
thyriothecium (superficial, clustered)		superficial, clustered thyriothecium is associated with colony			Gloeodes pomigena	Sooty Blotch Disease - causative organism		Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Schizothyriaceae/Schizothyrium pomi/	Schizothyrium pomi	apple fly speck		superficial, clustered		thyriothecium	Fungus / associate			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Gloeodes pomigena/	Gloeodes pomigena	sooty blotch disease (causative organism)			colony
thyriothecium (superficial, clustered)		superficial, clustered thyriothecium is saprobic on live fruit			Malus pumila	Apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Schizothyriaceae/Schizothyrium pomi/	Schizothyrium pomi	apple fly speck		superficial, clustered		thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple		live	fruit
thyriothecium (superficial, clustered)		superficial, clustered thyriothecium is saprobic on live fruit			Prunus domestica ssp domestica	Plum	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Schizothyriaceae/Schizothyrium pomi/	Schizothyrium pomi	apple fly speck		superficial, clustered		thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. domestica/	Prunus domestica subsp. domestica	plum		live	fruit
thyriothecium (superficial)		superficial thyriothecium is saprobic on dead leaf			Cladium mariscus	Great Fen-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Schizothyriaceae/Schizothyrium pomi/	Schizothyrium pomi	apple fly speck		superficial		thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cladium mariscus/	Cladium mariscus	great fen-sedge		dead	leaf
thyriothecium (superficial)		superficial thyriothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Cladium mariscus	Great Fen-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Schizothyriaceae/Schizothyrium pomi/	Schizothyrium pomi	apple fly speck		superficial		thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cladium mariscus/	Cladium mariscus	great fen-sedge		dead	stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Schizothyrium pomi (Apple Fly Speck) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Schizothyrium pomi (Apple Fly Speck) 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	Schizothyrium pomi (Apple Fly Speck)
Genus	Schizothyrium (a genus of fly-speck fungi)
Family	SCHIZOTHYRIACEAE (a family of fly speck fungi)
Order	MICROTHYRIALES (an order of fly speck 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)

Schizothyrium pomi 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 Schizothyrium pomi (Apple Fly Speck)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Booth, C.	1957	Two new species of Microthyriella in Britain	Kew Bulletin Vol 12 (3): 423-424.

Schizothyrium pomi (Apple Fly Speck) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MICROTHYRIALES
(an order 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 Schizothyrium pomi (Apple Fly Speck):

MICROTHYRIALES
(an order 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))

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