BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Polystigma rubrum (Pers.) DC. (a stromatic pyrenomycete)

2007 (Draft) Red Data List VU/D2

Suggested Literature

Polystigma rubrum 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

Polystigma rubrum is associated with:

Polystigmina anamorph Prunus domestica ssp. insititia - Damson (Rosaceae) Polystigmina anamorph causes spots on live leaf Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes thickened orange to yellow spots]
Polystigmina anamorph Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn, Sloe (Rosaceae) Polystigmina anamorph causes spots on live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes thickened orange to yellow spots, mainly near the sea]
stroma Prunus domestica ssp. insititia - Damson (Rosaceae) stroma is saprobic on dead, fallen, overwintered leaf Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stroma Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn, Sloe (Rosaceae) stroma is saprobic on dead, fallen, overwintered leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [mainly near the sea]

Associated with Polystigma rubrum:

Polystigma rubrum 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