Trichia botrytis

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Fungus / parasite
synnema of Blistum anamorph of Blistum ovalisporum parasitises sporangium of Trichia botrytis

Fungus / parasite
synnema of Blistum anamorph of Byssostilbe stilbigera parasitises sporangium of Trichia botrytis

Fungus / feeder
Milnesium tardigradum feeds on fruitbody (early stage) of Trichia botrytis
Remarks: captive: in captivity, culture, or experimentally induced

Trichia botrytis (J. F. Gmel.) Pers. Neues Mag
Bot. 1:89. 1794.
Slemonitis botrytis J. F. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2: 1468. 1791.
Trichia serotina Schrad. Jour. Bot. Schrad. 2: 67. 1799.
Sphaerocarpus fragilis Sow. Engl. Fungi, pi. 279. 1800.
Trichia Lorinseriana Corda, Ic. Fung. 1: 23. 1837.
Trichia purpurascens Nyl. Not. Sallsk. Faun. Fl. Fenn. 4: 126. 1859.
Trichia fragilis Rost. Monog. 246. 1 875.
Trichia Carlyleana Massee, Jour. Roy. Micr. Soc. 1889: 329. 1889.
Sporangia stalked, rarely sessile or subplasmodiocarpous, turbinate or pyriform, 0.6-0.8 mm. in diameter, often clustered on united stalks, dull olive-yellow to reddish or purplishbrown; peridium double, the inner layer membranous, the outer composed of dark granular thickenings, often separating before dehiscence and forming areolae separated by the lighter inner wall; dehiscence irregular; stalk cylindric, dull yellow or dark reddish or purplish-brown, opaque, rilled with amorphous material; total height 1-3 mm.; spores and capillitium dull yellow to ochraceous-brown ; elaters simple or sometimes branched, bearing 3-5 smooth spirals, 4-5 y. in diameter at the center, tapering gradually to the long, slender, acuminate tips; spores pale by transmitted light, minutely warted, 10—12 p in diameter; Plasmodium purple-brown.
Type locality: Germany.
Habitat: Dead wood.
Distribution: Temperate North America; widely distributed in temperate regions.