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Microthyrium ilicinum De Not., 1862 (a fly speck fungus)

Suggested Literature

Microthyrium ilicinum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCOTA
(spore-shooters)
ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Microthyrium ilicinum is associated with:

Photos thyriothecium Ammophila (Bot.) - marram grasses (Poaceae) thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, very grey, lying on sand between clumps leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos thyriothecium Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut (Fagaceae) amphigenous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting, greyed leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos thyriothecium Quercus cerris - Turkey Oak (Fagaceae) amphigenous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting, greyed leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
thyriothecium Quercus ilex - Evergreen Oak (Fagaceae) amphigenous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting, greyed leaf Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes a greying of yellow-brown leaves]
Photos thyriothecium Quercus petraea - Sessile Oak (Fagaceae) amphigenous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting, greyed leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos thyriothecium Quercus robur - Pedunculate Oak (Fagaceae) amphigenous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting, greyed leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Associated with Microthyrium ilicinum:

Microthyrium ilicinum may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook

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