Sarea difformis (Fr.) Fr.
(a lichen)

Interactions where Sarea difformis 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 (superficial)		superficial apothecium is saprobic on resin exudate			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Baeomycetales/Trapeliaceae/Sarea difformis/	Sarea difformis	a lichen		superficial		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers			resin exudate
Epithyrium coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Epithyrium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on resin exudate			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Baeomycetales/Trapeliaceae/Sarea difformis/	Sarea difformis	a lichen			pycnidium	Epithyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers			resin exudate
apothecium (superficial)		superficial apothecium is saprobic on resin exudate			Pinus sylvestris	Scots Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Baeomycetales/Trapeliaceae/Sarea difformis/	Sarea difformis	a lichen		superficial		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/	Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine			resin exudate
Epithyrium coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Epithyrium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on resin exudate			Pinus sylvestris	Scots Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Baeomycetales/Trapeliaceae/Sarea difformis/	Sarea difformis	a lichen			pycnidium	Epithyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/	Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine			resin exudate

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Sarea difformis (a lichen)
Family	TRAPELIACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	BAEOMYCETALES (an order of lichens)
Subclass	OSTROPOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
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)

Sarea difformis is also a member of:
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 Sarea difformis (a lichen)

Sarea difformis (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)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sarea difformis (a lichen):

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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