Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales Family: Dermateaceae
Species: Mollisia cinerea (Batsch) P. Karst.
Synonyms: Niptera cinerea
Peziza cinerea
Tremella cinerea
Common Name: Common Grey Disco


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Mollisia cinereaPhotographer: © Mirek Junek
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (15)
Quercus (3)
Corylus avellana (2)
Larix decidua (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Tilia (1)
Malus (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Alnus glutinosa (1)
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Pinus (1)
Crataegus monogyna (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (13)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Woodland (2)
Woodland: broadleaved (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous, acidic (1)
Wet valley alderwoods (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Branch (8)
Log (5)
Stump (5)
Wood (5)
Dead Wood (4)
Rotting Wood (4)
Fallen Tree (2)
Decorticated Wood (1)
Fallen log (1)
Fallen Twig (1)
Twig (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
February (1)
March (1)
April (1)
May (6)
June (4)
July (2)
August (5)
September (6)
October (17)
November (3)