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Chromocyphella muscicola (Fr.) Donk, 1959 (a cyphellaceous fungus)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos #microphotos
Chromocyphella muscicola Fruitbody 8 October 2000 East Gloucestershire England 5 4

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
Lucas, A., 2006 (Colour photograph) Some Winter Rarities

Chromocyphella muscicola may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
CORTINARIACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Chromocyphella muscicola is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Bryopsida - mosses fruitbody parasitises live gametophyte Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 [especially mosses on bark]
Photos fruitbody Dicranum scoparium - a moss (Dicranales: Dicranaceae) fruitbody parasitises live gametophyte Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody Hylocomium brevirostre - a moss (Hypnobryales: Hypnaceae) fruitbody parasitises live gametophyte Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Hylocomium splendens - a moss (Hypnobryales: Hypnaceae) fruitbody parasitises live gametophyte Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Hypnum cupressiforme sens. lat. - a moss (Hypnobryales: Hypnaceae) fruitbody parasitises live gametophyte Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Chromocyphella muscicola:

Chromocyphella muscicola may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
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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