Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales Family: Mollisiaceae
Species: Mollisia cinerea (Batsch) P. Karst.
Synonyms: Botwm Llwyd
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)
Malus (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Tilia (1)
Pinus (1)
Larix decidua (1)
Crataegus monogyna (1)
Alnus glutinosa (1)
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Betula pubescens (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)
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)
Rotting Wood (4)
Dead Wood (3)
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 (4)
September (6)
October (17)
November (3)