Valsaria insitiva (Tode) Ces. & De Not.
(a valsoid pyrenomycete)

Interactions where Valsaria insitiva 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
		stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Valsariales/Valsariaceae/Valsaria insitiva/	Valsaria insitiva	a valsoid pyrenomycete			stroma		Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead	branch				(10-11)
perithecium (immersed, stromatic, in groups of 7-10)		immersed, stromatic, in groups of 7-10 perithecium is saprobic on dead branch			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Valsariales/Valsariaceae/Valsaria insitiva/	Valsaria insitiva	a valsoid pyrenomycete		immersed, stromatic, in groups of 7-10		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead	branch				(10-11)
		stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Valsariales/Valsariaceae/Valsaria insitiva/	Valsaria insitiva	a valsoid pyrenomycete			stroma		Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead	branch				(10-11)
perithecium (immersed, stromatic, in groups of 7-10)		immersed, stromatic, in groups of 7-10 perithecium is saprobic on dead branch			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Valsariales/Valsariaceae/Valsaria insitiva/	Valsaria insitiva	a valsoid pyrenomycete		immersed, stromatic, in groups of 7-10		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead	branch				(10-11)
		stroma is saprobic on dead branch			Prunus	plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Valsariales/Valsariaceae/Valsaria insitiva/	Valsaria insitiva	a valsoid pyrenomycete			stroma		Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus/	Prunus	plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry		dead	branch				(10-11)
perithecium (immersed, stromatic, in groups of 7-10)		immersed, stromatic, in groups of 7-10 perithecium is saprobic on dead branch			Prunus	plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Valsariales/Valsariaceae/Valsaria insitiva/	Valsaria insitiva	a valsoid pyrenomycete		immersed, stromatic, in groups of 7-10		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus/	Prunus	plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry		dead	branch				(10-11)
		stroma is saprobic on dead branch			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Valsariales/Valsariaceae/Valsaria insitiva/	Valsaria insitiva	a valsoid pyrenomycete			stroma		Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead	branch				(10-11)
perithecium (immersed, stromatic, in groups of 7-10)		immersed, stromatic, in groups of 7-10 perithecium is saprobic on dead branch			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Valsariales/Valsariaceae/Valsaria insitiva/	Valsaria insitiva	a valsoid pyrenomycete		immersed, stromatic, in groups of 7-10		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead	branch				(10-11)

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

Valsaria insitiva (a valsoid pyrenomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Valsaria insitiva (a valsoid pyrenomycete) 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	Valsaria insitiva (a valsoid pyrenomycete)
Genus	Valsaria (a genus of pyrenomycetes)
Family	VALSARIACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	VALSARIALES (an order of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Valsaria insitiva is also a member of:
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 Valsaria insitiva (a valsoid pyrenomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Spooner, B.M.	1986	New or rare British microfungi from Esher Common, Surrey	TBMS Vol 86 (3): 401-408.

Valsaria insitiva (a valsoid pyrenomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Valsaria insitiva (a valsoid pyrenomycete):

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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