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Periconia minutissima Corda, 1837 (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Notes (MWS) A common dematiaceous hyphomycete which forms grey to brown or black hairy colonies on dead stems and leaves, particularly of grasses, especially where these are lying close to the ground.

Suggested Literature

Periconia minutissima 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

Periconia minutissima is associated with:

Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Bambusaceae - bamboos effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Bambusaceae - bamboos effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Carex acutiformis - Lesser Pond-sedge (Cyperaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Carex acutiformis - Lesser Pond-sedge (Cyperaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Carex riparia - Great Pond-sedge (Cyperaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Carex riparia - Great Pond-sedge (Cyperaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Arrhenatherum elatius - False Oat-grass (Poaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Arrhenatherum elatius - False Oat-grass (Poaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Elytrigia repens ssp. repens - Common Couch (Poaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Elytrigia repens ssp. repens - Common Couch (Poaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Glyceria maxima - Reed Sweet-grass (Poaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Glyceria maxima - Reed Sweet-grass (Poaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Holcus - soft-grasses (Poaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Holcus - soft-grasses (Poaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Phalaris - Canary grasses (Poaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Phalaris - Canary grasses (Poaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Phragmites australis - Common Reed (Poaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Phragmites australis - Common Reed (Poaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Epilobium - willow-herbs (Onagraceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Epilobium - willow-herbs (Onagraceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Urtica dioica - Common Nettle (Urticaceae) effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Herbaceous Plants effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [usually close to, or on, ground]
Photos Periconia dematiaceous anamorph, colony Herbaceous Plants effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [usually close to, or on, ground]

Associated with Periconia minutissima:

Periconia minutissima may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)
Periconia
(a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

References

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

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