Mollisia aquosa (Berk. & Broome) W. Phillips
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Mollisia aquosa 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
apothecium (sessile)		sessile apothecium is associated with Bactrodesmium dematiaceous anamorph			Bactrodesmium abruptum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia aquosa/	Mollisia aquosa	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Fungus / associate			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Bactrodesmium abruptum/	Bactrodesmium abruptum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus				Bactrodesmium dematiaceous anamorph			(8-1)
apothecium (sessile)		sessile apothecium is associated with colony of Sporochisma dematiaceous anamorph			Melanochaeta aotearoae	an ascomycete	Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia aquosa/	Mollisia aquosa	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Fungus / associate			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Melanochaeta aotearoae/	Melanochaeta aotearoae	an ascomycete			colony	Sporochisma dematiaceous anamorph			(8-1)
apothecium (sessile)		sessile apothecium is associated with perithecium			Lasiosphaeris hirsuta	a pyrenomycete	Sordariales: Lasiosphaeriaceae		/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia aquosa/	Mollisia aquosa	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Fungus / associate			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Lasiosphaeriaceae/Lasiosphaeris hirsuta/	Lasiosphaeris hirsuta	a pyrenomycete				perithecium			(8-1)
apothecium (sessile)		sessile apothecium is saprobic on rotten wood			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia aquosa/	Mollisia aquosa	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		rotten	wood				(8-1)
apothecium (sessile)		sessile apothecium is saprobic on rotten stump			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia aquosa/	Mollisia aquosa	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		rotten	stump				(8-1)
apothecium (sessile)		sessile apothecium is saprobic on rotten log underside			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia aquosa/	Mollisia aquosa	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		rotten	log underside				(8-1)
apothecium (sessile)		sessile apothecium is saprobic on rotten wood			[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia aquosa/	Mollisia aquosa	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		rotten	wood				(8-1)
apothecium (sessile)		sessile apothecium is saprobic on rotten stump			[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia aquosa/	Mollisia aquosa	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		rotten	stump				(8-1)
apothecium (sessile)		sessile apothecium is saprobic on rotten log underside			[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia aquosa/	Mollisia aquosa	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		rotten	log underside				(8-1)

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

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Mollisia aquosa (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))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Mollisia aquosa (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 aquosa 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 aquosa (a discomycete)

Mollisia aquosa (a discomycete) may 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 aquosa (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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