Valsa abietis (Fr.) Fr.
(a valsoid pyrenomycete)

Interactions where Valsa abietis 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
Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph (convex, pluriloculate)		convex, pluriloculate stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig			Sequoia sempervirens	Coastal Redwood	Pinales: Cupressaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa abietis/	Valsa abietis	a valsoid pyrenomycete		convex, pluriloculate	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Sequoia sempervirens/	Sequoia sempervirens	coastal redwood		dead	twig
Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph (convex, pluriloculate)		convex, pluriloculate stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig			Larix decidua	Larch, European Larch	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa abietis/	Valsa abietis	a valsoid pyrenomycete		convex, pluriloculate	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix decidua/	Larix decidua	larch, european larch		dead	twig				(12-4)
Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph (convex, pluriloculate)		convex, pluriloculate stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig			Picea abies	Norway Spruce, Christmas Tree	Pinales: Pinaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa abietis/	Valsa abietis	a valsoid pyrenomycete		convex, pluriloculate	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea abies/	Picea abies	Norway spruce, Christmas tree		dead	twig
Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead needle			Pinus sylvestris	Scots Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa abietis/	Valsa abietis	a valsoid pyrenomycete		amphigenous	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/	Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine		dead	needle				(12-4)

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
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Valsa abietis (a valsoid pyrenomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Valsa
(a genus of valsoid pyrenomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Valsa abietis (a valsoid pyrenomycete)
Genus	Valsa (a genus of valsoid pyrenomycetes)
Family	VALSACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
Order	DIAPORTHALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (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)

Valsa abietis is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
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 Valsa abietis (a valsoid pyrenomycete)

Valsa abietis (a valsoid pyrenomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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