Merismodes anomala (Pers.) Singer
(a cyphelloid basidiomycete)

Interactions where Merismodes anomala 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
cyphelloid basidiocarp		cyphelloid basidiocarp is saprobic on log			Alnus	alders	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Merismodes anomala/	Merismodes anomala	a cyphelloid basidiomycete				cyphelloid basidiocarp	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders			log				(8-2)
cyphelloid basidiocarp		cyphelloid basidiocarp is saprobic on branch			Alnus	alders	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Merismodes anomala/	Merismodes anomala	a cyphelloid basidiomycete				cyphelloid basidiocarp	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders			branch				(8-2)
cyphelloid basidiocarp		cyphelloid basidiocarp is saprobic on twig			Alnus	alders	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Merismodes anomala/	Merismodes anomala	a cyphelloid basidiomycete				cyphelloid basidiocarp	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders			twig				(8-2)
cyphelloid basidiocarp		cyphelloid basidiocarp is saprobic on log			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Merismodes anomala/	Merismodes anomala	a cyphelloid basidiomycete				cyphelloid basidiocarp	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches			log				(8-2)
cyphelloid basidiocarp		cyphelloid basidiocarp is saprobic on branch			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Merismodes anomala/	Merismodes anomala	a cyphelloid basidiomycete				cyphelloid basidiocarp	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches			branch				(8-2)
cyphelloid basidiocarp		cyphelloid basidiocarp is saprobic on twig			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Merismodes anomala/	Merismodes anomala	a cyphelloid basidiomycete				cyphelloid basidiocarp	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches			twig				(8-2)
cyphelloid basidiocarp		cyphelloid basidiocarp is saprobic on log			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Merismodes anomala/	Merismodes anomala	a cyphelloid basidiomycete				cyphelloid basidiocarp	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches			log		Major		(8-2)
cyphelloid basidiocarp		cyphelloid basidiocarp is saprobic on branch			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Merismodes anomala/	Merismodes anomala	a cyphelloid basidiomycete				cyphelloid basidiocarp	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches			branch		Major		(8-2)
cyphelloid basidiocarp		cyphelloid basidiocarp is saprobic on twig			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Merismodes anomala/	Merismodes anomala	a cyphelloid basidiomycete				cyphelloid basidiocarp	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches			twig		Major		(8-2)
cyphelloid basidiocarp		cyphelloid basidiocarp is saprobic on log			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Merismodes anomala/	Merismodes anomala	a cyphelloid basidiomycete				cyphelloid basidiocarp	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks			log				(8-2)
cyphelloid basidiocarp		cyphelloid basidiocarp is saprobic on branch			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Merismodes anomala/	Merismodes anomala	a cyphelloid basidiomycete				cyphelloid basidiocarp	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks			branch				(8-2)
cyphelloid basidiocarp		cyphelloid basidiocarp is saprobic on twig			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Merismodes anomala/	Merismodes anomala	a cyphelloid basidiomycete				cyphelloid basidiocarp	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks			twig				(8-2)
cyphelloid basidiocarp		cyphelloid basidiocarp is saprobic on log			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Merismodes anomala/	Merismodes anomala	a cyphelloid basidiomycete				cyphelloid basidiocarp	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes			log				(8-2)
cyphelloid basidiocarp		cyphelloid basidiocarp is saprobic on branch			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Merismodes anomala/	Merismodes anomala	a cyphelloid basidiomycete				cyphelloid basidiocarp	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes			branch				(8-2)
cyphelloid basidiocarp		cyphelloid basidiocarp is saprobic on twig			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Merismodes anomala/	Merismodes anomala	a cyphelloid basidiomycete				cyphelloid basidiocarp	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes			twig				(8-2)
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages dead, fallen, decayed wood			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Merismodes anomala/	Merismodes anomala	a cyphelloid basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, fallen, decayed	wood

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
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Merismodes anomala (a cyphelloid basidiomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Merismodes anomala (a cyphelloid basidiomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Merismodes anomala (a cyphelloid basidiomycete)
Genus	Merismodes (a genus of cyphelloid basidiomycetes)
Family	NIACEAE (a family of cyphelloid basidiomycetes)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Merismodes anomala is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
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 Merismodes anomala (a cyphelloid basidiomycete)

Merismodes anomala (a cyphelloid basidiomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Merismodes anomala (a cyphelloid basidiomycete):

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

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