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Kretzschmaria deusta (Hoffm.) P.M.D. Martin, 1970 (Brittle Cinder)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #microphotos
Kretzschmaria deusta Fruitbody 9 March 2002 North Wiltshire England 5 9
Kretzschmaria deusta Fruitbody 6 July 1971 East Sussex England 2

Suggested Literature

Kretzschmaria deusta may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCOTA
(spore-shooters)
ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)
XYLARIACEAE
(a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Kretzschmaria deusta is associated with:

Photos stroma Betula - birches (Betulaceae) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead root Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stroma Betula - birches (Betulaceae) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead stump Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stroma Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) superficial stroma is saprobic on old stump (base) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stroma Aesculus - horse chestnuts (Hippocastanaceae) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead root Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stroma Aesculus - horse chestnuts (Hippocastanaceae) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead stump Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stroma Ulmus - elms (Ulmaceae) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead root Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stroma Ulmus - elms (Ulmaceae) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead stump Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stroma Taxus baccata - Yew (Taxaceae) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead root Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stroma Taxus baccata - Yew (Taxaceae) superficial stroma is saprobic on dead stump Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Associated with Kretzschmaria deusta:

Photos stroma stroma is parasitised by sessile apothecium Polydesmia pruinosa - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

Kretzschmaria deusta may be associated with more 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
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook

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