Xylaria cinerea J. Fourn. & M. Stadler
(a stromatic pyrenomycete)

Interactions where Xylaria cinerea 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 wood			Ulex	gorses	Fabales: Fabaceae	Three new Xylaria species from southwestern Europe, Fournier, J., Flessa, F., Persoh, D. & Stadler, M., 2011	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Xylaria cinerea/	Xylaria cinerea	a stromatic pyrenomycete			stroma		Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	wood
		stroma is saprobic on dead wood			Acacia	wattles, acacias	Fabales: Fabaceae	Three new Xylaria species from southwestern Europe, Fournier, J., Flessa, F., Persoh, D. & Stadler, M., 2011	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Xylaria cinerea/	Xylaria cinerea	a stromatic pyrenomycete			stroma		Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Acacia/	Acacia	wattles, acacias		dead	wood
		stroma is saprobic on dead wood			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	Xylaria cinerea and X. crozonensis: two distinctive additions to the British mycota, Henrici, A., 2016	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Xylaria cinerea/	Xylaria cinerea	a stromatic pyrenomycete			stroma		Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel		dead	wood
		stroma is saprobic on dead wood			Fagus sylvatica	Beech	Fagales: Fagaceae	Xylaria cinerea and X. crozonensis: two distinctive additions to the British mycota, Henrici, A., 2016	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Xylaria cinerea/	Xylaria cinerea	a stromatic pyrenomycete			stroma		Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus sylvatica/	Fagus sylvatica	beech		dead	wood
		stroma is saprobic on dead wood			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Three new Xylaria species from southwestern Europe, Fournier, J., Flessa, F., Persoh, D. & Stadler, M., 2011 Xylaria cinerea and X. crozonensis: two distinctive additions to the British mycota, Henrici, A., 2016	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Xylaria cinerea/	Xylaria cinerea	a stromatic pyrenomycete			stroma		Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead	wood		Major
		stroma is saprobic on dead, corticate wood			Quercus ilex	Holm Oak, Evergreen Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Three new Xylaria species from southwestern Europe, Fournier, J., Flessa, F., Persoh, D. & Stadler, M., 2011	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Xylaria cinerea/	Xylaria cinerea	a stromatic pyrenomycete			stroma		Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus ilex/	Quercus ilex	holm oak, evergreen oak		dead, corticate	wood
		stroma is saprobic on dead, corticate wood			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Three new Xylaria species from southwestern Europe, Fournier, J., Flessa, F., Persoh, D. & Stadler, M., 2011	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Xylaria cinerea/	Xylaria cinerea	a stromatic pyrenomycete			stroma		Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead, corticate	wood
		stroma is saprobic on dead wood			Bambuseae	bamboos	Poales: Poaceae	Xylaria cinerea and X. crozonensis: two distinctive additions to the British mycota, Henrici, A., 2016	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Xylaria cinerea/	Xylaria cinerea	a stromatic pyrenomycete			stroma		Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Bambuseae/	Bambuseae	bamboos		dead	wood		Rare

Author & Year	Title	Source
Fournier, J., Flessa, F., Persoh, D. & Stadler, M., 2011	Three new Xylaria species from southwestern Europe	Mycological Progress Vol 10: 33-52.
Henrici, A., 2016	Xylaria cinerea and X. crozonensis: two distinctive additions to the British mycota	Field Mycology Vol 17 (1): 7-11.

Xylaria cinerea (a stromatic pyrenomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Xylaria cinerea (a stromatic pyrenomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Xylaria cinerea (a stromatic pyrenomycete)
Genus	Xylaria (a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
Family	XYLARIACEAE (a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
Order	XYLARIALES (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)

Xylaria cinerea 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 Xylaria cinerea (a stromatic pyrenomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Fournier, J., Flessa, F., Persoh, D. & Stadler, M.	2011	Three new Xylaria species from southwestern Europe	Mycological Progress Vol 10: 33-52.
	Henrici, A.	2016	Xylaria cinerea and X. crozonensis: two distinctive additions to the British mycota	Field Mycology Vol 17 (1): 7-11.

Xylaria cinerea (a stromatic pyrenomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Xylaria
(a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

XYLARIACEAE
(a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

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 Xylaria cinerea (a stromatic pyrenomycete):

Xylaria
(a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

XYLARIACEAE
(a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

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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