Xanthoparmelia conspersa (Ehrh. ex Ach.) Hale
(a lichen)

Interactions where Xanthoparmelia conspersa 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 perithecium			Zwackhiomyces dispersus	a lichenicolous ascomycete fungus	Pyrenulales: Xanthopyreniaceae	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/Pyrenulales/Xanthopyreniaceae/Zwackhiomyces dispersus/	Zwackhiomyces dispersus	a lichenicolous ascomycete fungus				perithecium	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Xanthoparmelia conspersa/	Xanthoparmelia conspersa	a lichen				apothecium				perithecium parasitises apothecium
apothecium (dark brown to blackened)		dark brown to blackened apothecium is parasitised by pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph			Lichenoconium usneae	a lichenicolous coelomycete	Lichenoconiales: Lichenoconiaceae	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 usneae/	Lichenoconium usneae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Xanthoparmelia conspersa/	Xanthoparmelia conspersa	a lichen		dark brown to blackened	apothecium					pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph parasitises dark brown to blackened apothecium
apothecium (dark brown to blackened)		dark brown to blackened apothecium may support pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph			Lichenoconium usneae	a lichenicolous coelomycete	Lichenoconiales: Lichenoconiaceae	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 usneae/	Lichenoconium usneae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Xanthoparmelia conspersa/	Xanthoparmelia conspersa	a lichen		dark brown to blackened	apothecium					pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph lives on/in dark brown to blackened apothecium
thallus		thallus is parasitised by perithecium			Zwackhiomyces dispersus	a lichenicolous ascomycete fungus	Pyrenulales: Xanthopyreniaceae	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/Pyrenulales/Xanthopyreniaceae/Zwackhiomyces dispersus/	Zwackhiomyces dispersus	a lichenicolous ascomycete fungus				perithecium	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Xanthoparmelia conspersa/	Xanthoparmelia conspersa	a lichen			thallus					perithecium 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

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Xanthoparmelia conspersa (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	Xanthoparmelia conspersa (a lichen)
Genus	Xanthoparmelia (a genus of lichens)
Family	PARMELIACEAE (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)

Xanthoparmelia conspersa 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 Xanthoparmelia conspersa (a lichen)

Xanthoparmelia conspersa (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 Xanthoparmelia conspersa (a lichen):

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

BioImages

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