Valsa sordida Nitschke
(a valsoid pyrenomycete)

Interactions where Valsa sordida 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 (somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular)		somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Populus alba	White Poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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 sordida/	Valsa sordida	a valsoid pyrenomycete		somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba/	Populus alba	white poplar		dead	branch				(5-9,12-1)
perithecium (immersed, in groups of 5 to 12)		immersed, in groups of 5 to 12 perithecium is saprobic on dead branch			Populus alba	White Poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa sordida/	Valsa sordida	a valsoid pyrenomycete		immersed, in groups of 5 to 12		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba/	Populus alba	white poplar		dead	branch				(2-4)
Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph (somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular)		somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Populus balsamifera	Eastern Balsam-poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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 sordida/	Valsa sordida	a valsoid pyrenomycete		somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus balsamifera/	Populus balsamifera	eastern balsam-poplar		dead	branch				(5-9,12-1)
perithecium (immersed, in groups of 5 to 12)		immersed, in groups of 5 to 12 perithecium is saprobic on dead branch			Populus balsamifera	Eastern Balsam-poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa sordida/	Valsa sordida	a valsoid pyrenomycete		immersed, in groups of 5 to 12		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus balsamifera/	Populus balsamifera	eastern balsam-poplar		dead	branch				(2-4)
Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph (somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular)		somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Populus nigra	Black-poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa sordida/	Valsa sordida	a valsoid pyrenomycete		somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		dead	branch				(5-9,12-1)
Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph (somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular)		somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Populus x canadensis ’Marilandica’	a poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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 sordida/	Valsa sordida	a valsoid pyrenomycete		somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus x canadensis 'Marilandica'/	Populus x canadensis 'Marilandica'	a poplar		dead	branch		Major		(5-9,12-1)
perithecium (immersed, in groups of 5 to 12)		immersed, in groups of 5 to 12 perithecium is saprobic on dead branch			Populus x canadensis ’Marilandica’	a poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa sordida/	Valsa sordida	a valsoid pyrenomycete		immersed, in groups of 5 to 12		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus x canadensis 'Marilandica'/	Populus x canadensis 'Marilandica'	a poplar		dead	branch				(2-4)
Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph (somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular)		somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Populus tremula	Aspen	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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 sordida/	Valsa sordida	a valsoid pyrenomycete		somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus tremula/	Populus tremula	aspen		dead	branch				(5-9,12-1)
perithecium (immersed, in groups of 5 to 12)		immersed, in groups of 5 to 12 perithecium is saprobic on dead branch			Populus tremula	Aspen	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa sordida/	Valsa sordida	a valsoid pyrenomycete		immersed, in groups of 5 to 12		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus tremula/	Populus tremula	aspen		dead	branch				(2-4)
		causes swelling of often cankered stem			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	CSL Pest Risk Analysis for Salix, Anon., 2007	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa sordida/	Valsa sordida	a valsoid pyrenomycete					Foodplant / false gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		often cankered	stem
		causes swelling of often cankered branch			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	CSL Pest Risk Analysis for Salix, Anon., 2007	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa sordida/	Valsa sordida	a valsoid pyrenomycete					Foodplant / false gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		often cankered	branch
		infects and damages wounded stem			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	CSL Pest Risk Analysis for Salix, Anon., 2007	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa sordida/	Valsa sordida	a valsoid pyrenomycete					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows	?	wounded	stem
		infects and damages wounded branch			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	CSL Pest Risk Analysis for Salix, Anon., 2007	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa sordida/	Valsa sordida	a valsoid pyrenomycete					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows	?	wounded	branch

Author & Year	Title	Source
Anon., 2007	CSL Pest Risk Analysis for Salix	PRAs for consultation on pest risk management PRAs for consultation on pest risk management.
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 sordida (a valsoid pyrenomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Valsa sordida (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 sordida (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 sordida 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 sordida (a valsoid pyrenomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Robinson, K., Burnham, A., Kibby, G. & Ainsworth, M.	2011	Fungi associated with Poplars	Field Mycology vol 12 (2): 56-67.

Valsa sordida (a valsoid pyrenomycete) may also 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 sordida (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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