Cecidonia umbonella (Nyl.) Triebel & Rambold
(a lichenicolous lichen)

Interactions where Cecidonia umbonella 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
apothecium		apothecium parasitises thallus			Lecidea lapicida	a lichen	Lecideales: Lecideaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Cecidonia umbonella/	Cecidonia umbonella	a lichenicolous lichen				apothecium	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Lecidea lapicida/	Lecidea lapicida	a lichen	?		thallus
thallus		thallus parasitises thallus			Lecidea lapicida	a lichen	Lecideales: Lecideaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Cecidonia umbonella/	Cecidonia umbonella	a lichenicolous lichen				thallus	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Lecidea lapicida/	Lecidea lapicida	a lichen	?		thallus
apothecium		apothecium parasitises thallus			Porpidia	a genus of lichens	Lecideales: Lecideaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Cecidonia umbonella/	Cecidonia umbonella	a lichenicolous lichen				apothecium	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Porpidia/	Porpidia	a genus of lichens			thallus
thallus		thallus parasitises thallus			Porpidia	a genus of lichens	Lecideales: Lecideaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Cecidonia umbonella/	Cecidonia umbonella	a lichenicolous lichen				thallus	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Porpidia/	Porpidia	a genus of lichens			thallus

Author & Year	Title	Source
Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles	44pp, The British Lichen Society

Cecidonia umbonella (a lichenicolous lichen) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Cecidonia umbonella (a lichenicolous lichen) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cecidonia umbonella (a lichenicolous lichen)
Family	LECIDEACEAE (a family of lichens)
Order	LECIDEALES (an order of fungi)
Subclass	LECANOROMYCETIDAE (a subclass of lichens)
Class	LECANOROMYCETES (a class of lichens)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cecidonia umbonella is also a member of:
Lichenes - lichens (via Lecanoromycetidae)
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 Cecidonia umbonella (a lichenicolous lichen)

Cecidonia umbonella (a lichenicolous lichen) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cecidonia umbonella (a lichenicolous lichen):

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

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