Lichenoconium erodens M.S. Christ. & D. Hawksw.
(a lichenicolous coelomycete)

Interactions where Lichenoconium erodens 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
Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages bleached or necrosed thallus UK/Ireland Cladonia coniocraea a lichen Lecanorales: Cladoniaceae A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium erodens/Lichenoconium erodensa lichenicolous coelomycetepycnidiumLichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph Lichen / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Cladoniaceae/Cladonia coniocraea/Cladonia coniocraeaa lichenbleached or necrosedthallus
Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages bleached or necrosed thallus UK/Ireland Lecanora conizaeoides a lichen Lecanorales: Lecanoraceae A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium erodens/Lichenoconium erodensa lichenicolous coelomycetepycnidiumLichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph Lichen / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora conizaeoides/Lecanora conizaeoidesa lichenbleached or necrosedthallus
Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages bleached or necrosed thallus UK/Ireland Lecanora pulicaris a lichen Lecanorales: Lecanoraceae A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium erodens/Lichenoconium erodensa lichenicolous coelomycetepycnidiumLichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph Lichen / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora pulicaris/Lecanora pulicarisa lichenbleached or necrosedthallus
Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph (clustered) clustered pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages bleached or necrosed thallus UK/Ireland Evernia prunastri Oak Moss Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium erodens/Lichenoconium erodensa lichenicolous coelomyceteclusteredpycnidiumLichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph Lichen / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Evernia prunastri/Evernia prunastrioak mossbleached or necrosedthallus
Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph (clustered) clustered pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages bleached or necrosed thallus UK/Ireland Flavoparmelia caperata a lichen Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium erodens/Lichenoconium erodensa lichenicolous coelomyceteclusteredpycnidiumLichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph Lichen / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Flavoparmelia caperata/Flavoparmelia caperataa lichenbleached or necrosedthallus
Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph (clustered) clustered pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages bleached or necrosed, punctured thallus UK/Ireland Hypogymnia physodes Dark Crottle Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium erodens/Lichenoconium erodensa lichenicolous coelomyceteclusteredpycnidiumLichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph Lichen / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Hypogymnia physodes/Hypogymnia physodesdark crottlebleached or necrosed, puncturedthallus
Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph (clustered) clustered pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages bleached or necrosed thallus UK/Ireland Hypotrachyna laevigata a lichen Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium erodens/Lichenoconium erodensa lichenicolous coelomyceteclusteredpycnidiumLichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph Lichen / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Hypotrachyna laevigata/Hypotrachyna laevigataa lichenbleached or necrosedthallus
Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph (clustered) clustered pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages bleached or necrosed thallus UK/Ireland Parmotrema crinitum a lichen Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium erodens/Lichenoconium erodensa lichenicolous coelomyceteclusteredpycnidiumLichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph Lichen / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Parmotrema crinitum/Parmotrema crinituma lichenbleached or necrosedthallus
Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages bleached or necrosed thallus UK/Ireland Pertusaria hymenea a lichen Pertusariales: Pertusariaceae A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium erodens/Lichenoconium erodensa lichenicolous coelomycetepycnidiumLichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph Lichen / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria hymenea/Pertusaria hymeneaa lichenbleached or necrosedthallus
is associated with Xanthoria parietina Common Orange Lichen Teloschistales: Teloschistaceae Capronia suijae (Herpotrichiellaceae, Eurotiomycetes), a new fungus on Xanthoria parietina from Belarus, with a key to the lichenicolous species growing on Xanthoria s. str., Tsurykau, A. & Etayo, J., 2017
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium erodens/Lichenoconium erodensa lichenicolous coelomycete Lichen / associate /Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Teloschistales/Teloschistaceae/Xanthoria parietina/Xanthoria parietinacommon orange lichen
Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph parasitises Biatoropsis usnearum a jelly fungus Tremellales: Tremellaceae Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium erodens/Lichenoconium erodensa lichenicolous coelomycetepycnidiumLichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/Biatoropsis usnearuma jelly fungus

Author & YearTitleSource
Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on UsneaLichenologist Vol 26 (1): 47-66.
Hawksworth, D.L., 1983A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles44pp, The British Lichen Society
Tsurykau, A. & Etayo, J., 2017Capronia suijae (Herpotrichiellaceae, Eurotiomycetes), a new fungus on Xanthoria parietina from Belarus, with a key to the lichenicolous species growing on Xanthoria s. str.Lichenologist Vol 49 (1): 1-12.

Lichenoconium erodens (a lichenicolous coelomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lichenoconium erodens (a lichenicolous coelomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesLichenoconium erodens (a lichenicolous coelomycete)
GenusLichenoconium (a form genus of lichenicolous coelomycetes)
FamilyLICHENOCONIACEAE (a family of fungi)
OrderLICHENOCONIALES (an order of fungi)
ClassDOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lichenoconium erodens (a lichenicolous coelomycete)

Lichenoconium erodens (a lichenicolous coelomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lichenoconium erodens (a lichenicolous coelomycete):

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