BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

COELOMYCETES (stem- and leaf-fungi)

Lab. techniques Damp chamber culturing is useful. Often this just means leaving a few infected leaves in a sealed box in a cool place for a few days.

Following such culturing, a spore tendril often issues from the ostiole. This is useful in confirming which pycnidia are living and enables determination of spore colour.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Coelomycetes? Imperfect stage 17 April 2007 Berks England 9
Coelomycetes? Imperfect stage 26 March 2007 Berks England 7 14
Coelomycetes Imperfect stage 22 October 2006 Carmarthen Wales 3 3

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 (Not well-covered - Grove's 2-volume work remains very useful, despite being 70 years old.) Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
Grove, W.B., 1935 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales/ (hyaline conidia)
Grove, W.B., 1937 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. II ... Sphaeropsidales (rest) + Melanconiales

COELOMYCETES may also 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

Associated with COELOMYCETES:

conidioma conidioma is parasitised by Naohidea sebacea - a ustilaginomycete (Platygloeaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Coelomycetes may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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