Briancoppinsia cytospora (Vouaux) Diederich, Ertz, Lawrey & van den Boom
(a lichenicolous coelomycete)

Interactions where Briancoppinsia cytospora is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph parasitises pale brownish thallus			Cladonia fimbriata	a lichen	Lecanorales: Cladoniaceae	Briancoppinsia, a new coelomycetous genus of Arthoniaceae (Arthoniales) for the lichenicolous Phoma cytospora, with a key to this and similar taxa, Diederich, P., Lawrey, J.D., Sikaroodi, M., van den Boom, P.P.G. & Ertz, D., 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Arthoniomycetes/Arthoniales/Arthoniaceae/Briancoppinsia cytospora/	Briancoppinsia cytospora	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Cladoniaceae/Cladonia fimbriata/	Cladonia fimbriata	a lichen		pale brownish	thallus
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph parasitises pale brownish thallus			Cladonia ochrochlora	a lichen	Lecanorales: Cladoniaceae	Briancoppinsia, a new coelomycetous genus of Arthoniaceae (Arthoniales) for the lichenicolous Phoma cytospora, with a key to this and similar taxa, Diederich, P., Lawrey, J.D., Sikaroodi, M., van den Boom, P.P.G. & Ertz, D., 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Arthoniomycetes/Arthoniales/Arthoniaceae/Briancoppinsia cytospora/	Briancoppinsia cytospora	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Cladoniaceae/Cladonia ochrochlora/	Cladonia ochrochlora	a lichen		pale brownish	thallus
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph parasitises pale brownish thallus			Lecanora conizaeoides	a lichen	Lecanorales: Lecanoraceae	Briancoppinsia, a new coelomycetous genus of Arthoniaceae (Arthoniales) for the lichenicolous Phoma cytospora, with a key to this and similar taxa, Diederich, P., Lawrey, J.D., Sikaroodi, M., van den Boom, P.P.G. & Ertz, D., 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Arthoniomycetes/Arthoniales/Arthoniaceae/Briancoppinsia cytospora/	Briancoppinsia cytospora	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora conizaeoides/	Lecanora conizaeoides	a lichen		pale brownish	thallus
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph parasitises pale brownish thallus			Cetrelia olivetorum	a fungus	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Briancoppinsia, a new coelomycetous genus of Arthoniaceae (Arthoniales) for the lichenicolous Phoma cytospora, with a key to this and similar taxa, Diederich, P., Lawrey, J.D., Sikaroodi, M., van den Boom, P.P.G. & Ertz, D., 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Arthoniomycetes/Arthoniales/Arthoniaceae/Briancoppinsia cytospora/	Briancoppinsia cytospora	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Cetrelia olivetorum/	Cetrelia olivetorum	a fungus		pale brownish	thallus
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph parasitises pale brownish thallus			Evernia prunastri	Oak Moss	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Briancoppinsia, a new coelomycetous genus of Arthoniaceae (Arthoniales) for the lichenicolous Phoma cytospora, with a key to this and similar taxa, Diederich, P., Lawrey, J.D., Sikaroodi, M., van den Boom, P.P.G. & Ertz, D., 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Arthoniomycetes/Arthoniales/Arthoniaceae/Briancoppinsia cytospora/	Briancoppinsia cytospora	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Evernia prunastri/	Evernia prunastri	oak moss		pale brownish	thallus
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph parasitises pale brownish thallus			Flavoparmelia caperata	a lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Briancoppinsia, a new coelomycetous genus of Arthoniaceae (Arthoniales) for the lichenicolous Phoma cytospora, with a key to this and similar taxa, Diederich, P., Lawrey, J.D., Sikaroodi, M., van den Boom, P.P.G. & Ertz, D., 2012 A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Arthoniomycetes/Arthoniales/Arthoniaceae/Briancoppinsia cytospora/	Briancoppinsia cytospora	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Flavoparmelia caperata/	Flavoparmelia caperata	a lichen		pale brownish	thallus
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph parasitises pale brownish thallus			Hypogymnia physodes	Dark Crottle	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Briancoppinsia, a new coelomycetous genus of Arthoniaceae (Arthoniales) for the lichenicolous Phoma cytospora, with a key to this and similar taxa, Diederich, P., Lawrey, J.D., Sikaroodi, M., van den Boom, P.P.G. & Ertz, D., 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Arthoniomycetes/Arthoniales/Arthoniaceae/Briancoppinsia cytospora/	Briancoppinsia cytospora	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Hypogymnia physodes/	Hypogymnia physodes	dark crottle		pale brownish	thallus
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph parasitises pale brownish thallus			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/Arthoniomycetes/Arthoniales/Arthoniaceae/Briancoppinsia cytospora/	Briancoppinsia cytospora	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Hypotrachyna laevigata/	Hypotrachyna laevigata	a lichen		pale brownish	thallus
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph parasitises pale brownish thallus			Melanelixia glabratula	a lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Briancoppinsia, a new coelomycetous genus of Arthoniaceae (Arthoniales) for the lichenicolous Phoma cytospora, with a key to this and similar taxa, Diederich, P., Lawrey, J.D., Sikaroodi, M., van den Boom, P.P.G. & Ertz, D., 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Arthoniomycetes/Arthoniales/Arthoniaceae/Briancoppinsia cytospora/	Briancoppinsia cytospora	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Melanelixia glabratula/	Melanelixia glabratula	a lichen		pale brownish	thallus
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph parasitises pale brownish thallus			Parmelia sulcata	Netted Shield Lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Briancoppinsia, a new coelomycetous genus of Arthoniaceae (Arthoniales) for the lichenicolous Phoma cytospora, with a key to this and similar taxa, Diederich, P., Lawrey, J.D., Sikaroodi, M., van den Boom, P.P.G. & Ertz, D., 2012 A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Arthoniomycetes/Arthoniales/Arthoniaceae/Briancoppinsia cytospora/	Briancoppinsia cytospora	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Parmelia sulcata/	Parmelia sulcata	netted shield lichen		pale brownish	thallus
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph parasitises pale brownish thallus			Parmotrema arnoldii	a lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Briancoppinsia, a new coelomycetous genus of Arthoniaceae (Arthoniales) for the lichenicolous Phoma cytospora, with a key to this and similar taxa, Diederich, P., Lawrey, J.D., Sikaroodi, M., van den Boom, P.P.G. & Ertz, D., 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Arthoniomycetes/Arthoniales/Arthoniaceae/Briancoppinsia cytospora/	Briancoppinsia cytospora	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Parmotrema arnoldii/	Parmotrema arnoldii	a lichen		pale brownish	thallus
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph parasitises pale brownish thallus			Parmotrema perlatum	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/Arthoniomycetes/Arthoniales/Arthoniaceae/Briancoppinsia cytospora/	Briancoppinsia cytospora	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Parmotrema perlatum/	Parmotrema perlatum	a lichen		pale brownish	thallus
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph parasitises pale brownish thallus			Parmotrema reticulatum	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/Arthoniomycetes/Arthoniales/Arthoniaceae/Briancoppinsia cytospora/	Briancoppinsia cytospora	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Parmotrema reticulatum/	Parmotrema reticulatum	a lichen		pale brownish	thallus
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph parasitises pale brownish thallus			Platismatia glauca	a lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	Briancoppinsia, a new coelomycetous genus of Arthoniaceae (Arthoniales) for the lichenicolous Phoma cytospora, with a key to this and similar taxa, Diederich, P., Lawrey, J.D., Sikaroodi, M., van den Boom, P.P.G. & Ertz, D., 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Arthoniomycetes/Arthoniales/Arthoniaceae/Briancoppinsia cytospora/	Briancoppinsia cytospora	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Platismatia glauca/	Platismatia glauca	a lichen		pale brownish	thallus
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph parasitises pale brownish thallus			Pertusaria albescens	a lichen	Pertusariales: Pertusariaceae	Briancoppinsia, a new coelomycetous genus of Arthoniaceae (Arthoniales) for the lichenicolous Phoma cytospora, with a key to this and similar taxa, Diederich, P., Lawrey, J.D., Sikaroodi, M., van den Boom, P.P.G. & Ertz, D., 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Arthoniomycetes/Arthoniales/Arthoniaceae/Briancoppinsia cytospora/	Briancoppinsia cytospora	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria albescens/	Pertusaria albescens	a lichen		pale brownish	thallus

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Briancoppinsia cytospora (a lichenicolous coelomycete) may 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))

Author & Year	Title	Source
Diederich, P., Lawrey, J.D., Sikaroodi, M., van den Boom, P.P.G. & Ertz, D., 2012	Briancoppinsia, a new coelomycetous genus of Arthoniaceae (Arthoniales) for the lichenicolous Phoma cytospora, with a key to this and similar taxa	FungalDiversity Vol 52: 1-12.
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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Briancoppinsia cytospora (a lichenicolous coelomycete)
Family	ARTHONIACEAE (a family of lichens)
Order	ARTHONIALES (an order of lichens)
Subclass	ARTHONIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of lichens)
Class	ARTHONIOMYCETES (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)

Briancoppinsia cytospora is also a member of:
Lichenes - lichens (via Arthoniaceae)
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 Briancoppinsia cytospora (a lichenicolous coelomycete)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Diederich, P., Lawrey, J.D., Sikaroodi, M., van den Boom, P.P.G. & Ertz, D.	2012	Briancoppinsia, a new coelomycetous genus of Arthoniaceae (Arthoniales) for the lichenicolous Phoma cytospora, with a key to this and similar taxa	FungalDiversity Vol 52: 1-12.
	Hawksworth, D.L.	2004	Fungi living on lichens: a source of unexplored diversity	British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 3: 192-199.

Briancoppinsia cytospora (a lichenicolous coelomycete) may also 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 Briancoppinsia cytospora (a lichenicolous coelomycete):

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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