Xylaria longipes Nitschke
(Dead Moll’s Fingers)

Interactions where Xylaria longipes 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 (erect) erect stroma is saprobic on fallen, rotten branch Major Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore, Great Maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Xylaria longipes/Xylaria longipesdead moll's fingerserectstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/Acer pseudoplatanussycamore, great maplefallen, rottenbranchMajor (9-12)

Interactions where Xylaria longipes is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

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Affected Part 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 Summary
(dead/effete) dead/effete stroma is decayed by ascomatum Foreign Cosmospora xylariae a pyrenomycete Hypocreales: Nectriaceae Cosmospora xylariae (Nectriaceae), a new species from France, Germany and U.K., with notes on C. berkeleyana, now Sphaerostilbella berkeleyana, and C. scruposae, Lechat, C. & Fournier, J., 2021
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Cosmospora xylariae/Cosmospora xylariaea pyrenomyceteascomatum Fungus / saprobeForeign /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Xylaria longipes/Xylaria longipesdead moll's fingersdead/effetestroma ascomatum is saprobic on dead/effete stroma
stroma stroma is parasitised by colony of Calcarisporium anamorph Calcarisporium arbuscula an anamorphic fungus Hypocreales Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Calcarisporium arbuscula/Calcarisporium arbusculaan anamorphic funguscolonyCalcarisporium anamorph Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Xylaria longipes/Xylaria longipesdead moll's fingersstroma colony of Calcarisporium anamorph parasitises stroma

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Lechat, C. & Fournier, J., 2021Cosmospora xylariae (Nectriaceae), a new species from France, Germany and U.K., with notes on C. berkeleyana, now Sphaerostilbella berkeleyana, and C. scruposaeAscomycete.org vol 13 (5): 189-196.

Xylaria longipes (Dead Moll’s Fingers) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Xylaria longipes (Dead Moll’s Fingers) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesXylaria longipes (Dead Moll’s Fingers)
GenusXylaria (a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
FamilyXYLARIACEAE (a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
OrderXYLARIALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
SubclassSORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
ClassSORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Xylaria longipes (Dead Moll’s Fingers)

Xylaria longipes (Dead Moll’s Fingers) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Xylaria longipes (Dead Moll’s Fingers):

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