Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach.
(a lichen)

Interactions where Ramalina fraxinea is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		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	Summary
		apothecium is parasitised by apothecium			Abrothallus suecicus	a lichenicolous ascomycete	Abrothallales: Abrothallaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Abrothallales/Abrothallaceae/Abrothallus suecicus/	Abrothallus suecicus	a lichenicolous ascomycete				apothecium	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Ramalinaceae/Ramalina fraxinea/	Ramalina fraxinea	a lichen				apothecium				apothecium parasitises apothecium
apothecium		apothecium is parasitised by pycnidium of Vouauxiomyces coelomycetous anamorph			Vouauxiomyces ramalinae	a lichenicolous coelomycete	Abrothallales: Abrothallaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Abrothallales/Abrothallaceae/Vouauxiomyces ramalinae/	Vouauxiomyces ramalinae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Vouauxiomyces coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Ramalinaceae/Ramalina fraxinea/	Ramalina fraxinea	a lichen			apothecium		Major			pycnidium of Vouauxiomyces coelomycetous anamorph parasitises apothecium
thallus		thallus is parasitised by apothecium			Abrothallus suecicus	a lichenicolous ascomycete	Abrothallales: Abrothallaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Abrothallales/Abrothallaceae/Abrothallus suecicus/	Abrothallus suecicus	a lichenicolous ascomycete				apothecium	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Ramalinaceae/Ramalina fraxinea/	Ramalina fraxinea	a lichen			thallus		Minor			apothecium parasitises thallus
thallus		thallus is parasitised by pycnidium of Vouauxiomyces coelomycetous anamorph			Vouauxiomyces ramalinae	a lichenicolous coelomycete	Abrothallales: Abrothallaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Abrothallales/Abrothallaceae/Vouauxiomyces ramalinae/	Vouauxiomyces ramalinae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Vouauxiomyces coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Ramalinaceae/Ramalina fraxinea/	Ramalina fraxinea	a lichen			thallus		Minor			pycnidium of Vouauxiomyces coelomycetous anamorph parasitises 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

Ramalina fraxinea (a lichen) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ramalina fraxinea (a lichen) may also 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	Ramalina fraxinea (a lichen)
Genus	Ramalina (a genus of fruticose lichens)
Family	RAMALINACEAE (a family of lichens)
Order	LECANORALES (an order of lichens)
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)

Ramalina fraxinea 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 Ramalina fraxinea (a lichen)

Ramalina fraxinea (a 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 Ramalina fraxinea (a 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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