Pilidium acerinum (Alb. & Schwein.) Kunze
(a coelomycete)

Interactions where Pilidium acerinum is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph		conidioma of Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead leaf			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Chaetomellaceae/Pilidium acerinum/	Pilidium acerinum	a coelomycete			conidioma	Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		fallen, dead	leaf				(9-5)
Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph		conidioma of Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead leaf			Carpinus betulus	Hornbeam	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Chaetomellaceae/Pilidium acerinum/	Pilidium acerinum	a coelomycete			conidioma	Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Carpinus betulus/	Carpinus betulus	hornbeam		fallen, dead	leaf				(9-5)
Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph		conidioma of Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead leaf			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Chaetomellaceae/Pilidium acerinum/	Pilidium acerinum	a coelomycete			conidioma	Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut		fallen, dead	leaf				(9-5)
Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph		conidioma of Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead leaf			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Chaetomellaceae/Pilidium acerinum/	Pilidium acerinum	a coelomycete			conidioma	Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		fallen, dead	leaf				(9-5)
Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph		conidioma of Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead leaf			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Chaetomellaceae/Pilidium acerinum/	Pilidium acerinum	a coelomycete			conidioma	Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		fallen, dead	leaf				(9-5)
Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph		conidioma of Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead leaf			[Quercus (native spp)]	native oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Chaetomellaceae/Pilidium acerinum/	Pilidium acerinum	a coelomycete			conidioma	Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus (native spp)/	Quercus (native spp)	native oaks		fallen, dead	leaf				(9-5)
Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph		conidioma of Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead leaf			Acer	maples	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Chaetomellaceae/Pilidium acerinum/	Pilidium acerinum	a coelomycete			conidioma	Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer/	Acer	maples		fallen, dead	leaf				(9-5)
Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph		conidioma of Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead needle			Abies	firs	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Chaetomellaceae/Pilidium acerinum/	Pilidium acerinum	a coelomycete			conidioma	Pilidium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies/	Abies	firs		fallen, dead	needle				(9-5)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Pilidium acerinum (a coelomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pilidium acerinum (a coelomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Pilidium acerinum (a coelomycete)
Genus	Pilidium (a form genus of coelomycetes)
Family	CHAETOMELLACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pilidium acerinum (a coelomycete)

Pilidium acerinum (a coelomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pilidium acerinum (a coelomycete):

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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