Mollisia caespiticia P. Karst.
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Mollisia caespiticia is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
apothecium (sessile, densely clustered, erumpent)		sessile, densely clustered, erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead, corticate branch			Sambucus	elders	Dipsacales: Adoxaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia caespiticia/	Mollisia caespiticia	a discomycete		sessile, densely clustered, erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Adoxaceae/Sambucus/	Sambucus	elders		dead, corticate	branch				(9-4)
apothecium (sessile, densely clustered, erumpent)		sessile, densely clustered, erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead, corticate branch			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia caespiticia/	Mollisia caespiticia	a discomycete		sessile, densely clustered, erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		dead, corticate	branch				(9-4)
apothecium (sessile, densely clustered, erumpent)		sessile, densely clustered, erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead, corticate branch			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	A Mycologist’s Diary, Robinson, K., 2007	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia caespiticia/	Mollisia caespiticia	a discomycete		sessile, densely clustered, erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel		dead, corticate	branch
apothecium (sessile, densely clustered, erumpent)		sessile, densely clustered, erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead, corticate branch			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia caespiticia/	Mollisia caespiticia	a discomycete		sessile, densely clustered, erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead, corticate	branch				(9-4)
apothecium (sessile, densely clustered, erumpent)		sessile, densely clustered, erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead, corticate branch			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia caespiticia/	Mollisia caespiticia	a discomycete		sessile, densely clustered, erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		dead, corticate	branch				(9-4)
apothecium (sessile, densely clustered, erumpent)		sessile, densely clustered, erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead, corticate branch			Crataegus	hawthorns	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia caespiticia/	Mollisia caespiticia	a discomycete		sessile, densely clustered, erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/	Crataegus	hawthorns		dead, corticate	branch				(9-4)
apothecium (sessile, densely clustered, erumpent)		sessile, densely clustered, erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead, corticate branch			Ribes	currants and gooseberry	Saxifragales: Grossulariaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia caespiticia/	Mollisia caespiticia	a discomycete		sessile, densely clustered, erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes/	Ribes	currants and gooseberry		dead, corticate	branch				(9-4)

Mollisia caespiticia (a discomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Mollisia caespiticia (a discomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

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
Robinson, K., 2007	A Mycologist’s Diary	Field Mycology Vol 8 (4): 134-138.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Mollisia caespiticia (a discomycete)
Genus	Mollisia (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	DERMATEACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
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)

Mollisia caespiticia is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mollisia caespiticia (a discomycete)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Dennis, R.W.G.	1950	Karsten's species of Mollisia	Kew Bulletin vol 5 (2): 171-187.

Mollisia caespiticia (a discomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

DERMATEACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mollisia caespiticia (a discomycete):

DERMATEACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

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