Biatoropsis usnearum Räsänen
(a jelly fungus)

Interactions where Biatoropsis usnearum 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
basidioma		basidioma causes galls on branch (terminal)			Usnea	beard lichens, old man’s beard	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994 A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus				basidioma	Lichen / gall		Foreign	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Usnea/	Usnea	beard lichens, old man's beard			branch (terminal)
basidioma		basidioma causes galls on branch (terminal)			Usnea articulata	a beard lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus				basidioma	Lichen / gall			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Usnea articulata/	Usnea articulata	a beard lichen			branch (terminal)
basidioma		basidioma causes galls on branch (terminal)			Usnea ceratina	a beard lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus				basidioma	Lichen / gall			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Usnea ceratina/	Usnea ceratina	a beard lichen			branch (terminal)
basidioma		basidioma causes galls on branch (terminal)			Usnea cornuta s. lat. sensu auct. brit.	a beard lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus				basidioma	Lichen / gall			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Usnea cornuta s. lat. sensu auct. brit./	Usnea cornuta s. lat. sensu auct. brit.	a beard lichen			branch (terminal)
basidioma		basidioma causes galls on branch (terminal)			Usnea dasopoga	a beard lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus				basidioma	Lichen / gall			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Usnea dasopoga/	Usnea dasopoga	a beard lichen			branch (terminal)
basidioma		basidioma causes galls on branch (terminal)			Usnea esperantiana	a beard lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus				basidioma	Lichen / gall			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Usnea esperantiana/	Usnea esperantiana	a beard lichen			branch (terminal)
basidioma		basidioma causes galls on branch (terminal)			Usnea flammea	a beard lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus				basidioma	Lichen / gall			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Usnea flammea/	Usnea flammea	a beard lichen			branch (terminal)
basidioma		basidioma causes galls on branch (terminal)			Usnea florida	Witches’ Whiskers Lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus				basidioma	Lichen / gall			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Usnea florida/	Usnea florida	witches' whiskers lichen			branch (terminal)
basidioma		basidioma causes galls on branch (terminal)			Usnea fragilescens var mollis	a beard lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus				basidioma	Lichen / gall			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Usnea fragilescens var. mollis/	Usnea fragilescens var. mollis	a beard lichen			branch (terminal)
basidioma		basidioma causes galls on branch (terminal)			Usnea fulvoreagens	a beard lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus				basidioma	Lichen / gall			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Usnea fulvoreagens/	Usnea fulvoreagens	a beard lichen			branch (terminal)
basidioma		basidioma causes galls on branch (terminal)			Usnea glabrata	a beard lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus				basidioma	Lichen / gall			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Usnea glabrata/	Usnea glabrata	a beard lichen			branch (terminal)
basidioma		basidioma causes galls on branch (terminal)			Usnea glabrescens	a beard lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus				basidioma	Lichen / gall			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Usnea glabrescens/	Usnea glabrescens	a beard lichen			branch (terminal)
basidioma		basidioma causes galls on branch (terminal)			Usnea hirta	a beard lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus				basidioma	Lichen / gall			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Usnea hirta/	Usnea hirta	a beard lichen			branch (terminal)
basidioma		basidioma causes galls on branch (terminal)			Usnea lapponica	a beard lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus				basidioma	Lichen / gall			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Usnea lapponica/	Usnea lapponica	a beard lichen			branch (terminal)
basidioma		basidioma causes galls on branch (terminal)			Usnea rubicunda	a beard lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus				basidioma	Lichen / gall			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Usnea rubicunda/	Usnea rubicunda	a beard lichen			branch (terminal)
basidioma		basidioma causes galls on branch (terminal)			Usnea subfloridana	a beard lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus				basidioma	Lichen / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Usnea subfloridana/	Usnea subfloridana	a beard lichen			branch (terminal)

Interactions where Biatoropsis usnearum 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
		is parasitised by ascoma			Abrothallus parmeliarum	a lichenicolus ascomycete	Abrothallales: Abrothallaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Abrothallales/Abrothallaceae/Abrothallus parmeliarum/	Abrothallus parmeliarum	a lichenicolus ascomycete				ascoma	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus								ascoma parasitises
		is parasitised by conidioma			Abrothallus parmeliarum	a lichenicolus ascomycete	Abrothallales: Abrothallaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Abrothallales/Abrothallaceae/Abrothallus parmeliarum/	Abrothallus parmeliarum	a lichenicolus ascomycete				conidioma	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus								conidioma parasitises
		is parasitised by			Abrothallus usneae	a lichenicolous ascomycete	Abrothallales: Abrothallaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Abrothallales/Abrothallaceae/Abrothallus usneae/	Abrothallus usneae	a lichenicolous ascomycete					Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus								parasitises
		is parasitised by pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph			Lichenoconium erodens	a lichenicolous coelomycete	Lichenoconiales: Lichenoconiaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium erodens/	Lichenoconium erodens	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus								pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph parasitises
		is parasitised by single pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph			Lichenoconium lecanorae	a lichenicolous coelomycete	Lichenoconiales: Lichenoconiaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium lecanorae/	Lichenoconium lecanorae	a lichenicolous coelomycete		single	pycnidium	Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus								single pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph parasitises
		is parasitised by pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph			Lichenoconium usneae	a lichenicolous coelomycete	Lichenoconiales: Lichenoconiaceae	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea, Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium usneae/	Lichenoconium usneae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Biatoropsis usnearum/	Biatoropsis usnearum	a jelly fungus								pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph parasitises

Author & Year	Title	Source
Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S., 1994	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea	Lichenologist Vol 26 (1): 47-66.
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
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Biatoropsis usnearum (a jelly fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Biatoropsis usnearum (a jelly fungus) may also 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	Biatoropsis usnearum (a jelly fungus)
Family	TREMELLACEAE (a family of jelly fungi)
Order	TREMELLALES (an order of jelly fungi)
Class	TREMELLOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Biatoropsis usnearum is also a member of:
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 Biatoropsis usnearum (a jelly fungus)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S.	1994	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea	Lichenologist Vol 26 (1): 47-66.

Biatoropsis usnearum (a jelly fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TREMELLOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

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 Biatoropsis usnearum (a jelly fungus):

TREMELLOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

A mainly Scottish taxon, with single records from Wales and Ireland.

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