Dactylospora parasitica (Flörke ex Spreng.) Zopf
(a lichenicolous ascomycete)

Interactions where Dactylospora parasitica 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
apothecium		apothecium lives on/in			Ochrolechia turneri	a lichen	Pertusariales: Ochrolechiaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Dactylosporaceae/Dactylospora parasitica/	Dactylospora parasitica	a lichenicolous ascomycete				apothecium	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Ochrolechiaceae/Ochrolechia turneri/	Ochrolechia turneri	a lichen
apothecium		apothecium lives on/in			Pertusaria	a genus of crustose lichens	Pertusariales: Pertusariaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Dactylosporaceae/Dactylospora parasitica/	Dactylospora parasitica	a lichenicolous ascomycete				apothecium	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria/	Pertusaria	a genus of crustose lichens
apothecium		apothecium lives on/in			Pertusaria albescens	a lichen	Pertusariales: Pertusariaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Dactylosporaceae/Dactylospora parasitica/	Dactylospora parasitica	a lichenicolous ascomycete				apothecium	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria albescens/	Pertusaria albescens	a lichen					Major
apothecium		apothecium lives on/in			Pertusaria hymenea	a lichen	Pertusariales: Pertusariaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Dactylosporaceae/Dactylospora parasitica/	Dactylospora parasitica	a lichenicolous ascomycete				apothecium	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria hymenea/	Pertusaria hymenea	a lichen					Major
apothecium		apothecium lives on/in			Pertusaria pertusa	a lichen	Pertusariales: Pertusariaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Dactylosporaceae/Dactylospora parasitica/	Dactylospora parasitica	a lichenicolous ascomycete				apothecium	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria pertusa/	Pertusaria pertusa	a lichen					Major

Dactylospora parasitica (a lichenicolous ascomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Dactylospora parasitica (a lichenicolous ascomycete) 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
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:

Species	Dactylospora parasitica (a lichenicolous ascomycete)
Genus	Dactylospora (a genus of lichens)
Family	DACTYLOSPORACEAE (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)

Dactylospora parasitica 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 Dactylospora parasitica (a lichenicolous ascomycete)

Dactylospora parasitica (a lichenicolous ascomycete) 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 Dactylospora parasitica (a lichenicolous ascomycete):

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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