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Microthyrium microscopicum Desm., 1841 (a fly speck fungus)

Suggested Literature

Microthyrium microscopicum 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 microscopicum is associated with:

Photos thyriothecium Ilex aquifolium - Holly (Aquifoliaceae) mostly epiphyllous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos thyriothecium Hedera - ivies (Araliaceae) mostly epiphyllous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos thyriothecium Ulex - gorses (Fabaceae) thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting debris Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos thyriothecium Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut (Fagaceae) mostly epiphyllous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos thyriothecium Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) mostly epiphyllous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
thyriothecium Quercus borealis - an oak (Fagaceae) mostly epiphyllous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos thyriothecium Quercus robur - Pedunculate Oak (Fagaceae) mostly epiphyllous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Associated with Microthyrium microscopicum:

Microthyrium microscopicum 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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