Evernia prunastri (L.) Ach.
(Oak Moss)

Interactions where Evernia prunastri 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').

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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
thallus		thallus is used to build or strengthen the nest by			Aegithalos caudatus	Long-tailed Tit	Passeriformes: Aegithalidae	Lichens, an Illustrated Guide to the British and Irish Species, Ed 4, Dobson, F.S., 2000	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Aegithalidae/Aegithalos caudatus/	Aegithalos caudatus	long-tailed tit					Lichen / nest			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Evernia prunastri/	Evernia prunastri	oak moss			thallus					builds nest using thallus
thallus		thallus is parasitised by single pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph			Lichenoconium lecanorae	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 lecanorae/	Lichenoconium lecanorae	a lichenicolous coelomycete		single	pycnidium	Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Evernia prunastri/	Evernia prunastri	oak moss			thallus					single pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph parasitises thallus
thallus		thallus may support single pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph			Lichenoconium lecanorae	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 lecanorae/	Lichenoconium lecanorae	a lichenicolous coelomycete		single	pycnidium	Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Evernia prunastri/	Evernia prunastri	oak moss			thallus					single pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph lives on/in thallus
thallus		thallus is galled by apothecium			Unguiculariopsis lettaui	a lichenicolous discomycete	Helotiales: Helotiaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Unguiculariopsis lettaui/	Unguiculariopsis lettaui	a lichenicolous discomycete				apothecium	Lichen / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Evernia prunastri/	Evernia prunastri	oak moss			thallus		Sole			apothecium causes galls on thallus
thallus		thallus is galled by thallus			Unguiculariopsis lettaui	a lichenicolous discomycete	Helotiales: Helotiaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Unguiculariopsis lettaui/	Unguiculariopsis lettaui	a lichenicolous discomycete				thallus	Lichen / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Evernia prunastri/	Evernia prunastri	oak moss			thallus		Sole			thallus causes galls on thallus
thallus		thallus is parasitised by pycnidium of Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph			Lichenodiplis lecanorae	a lichenicolous coelomycete		A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lichenodiplis lecanorae/	Lichenodiplis lecanorae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Evernia prunastri/	Evernia prunastri	oak moss			thallus					pycnidium of Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph parasitises thallus
thallus		thallus may support pycnidium of Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph			Lichenodiplis lecanorae	a lichenicolous coelomycete		A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lichenodiplis lecanorae/	Lichenodiplis lecanorae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Evernia prunastri/	Evernia prunastri	oak moss			thallus					pycnidium of Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph lives on/in thallus
thallus (bleached or necrosed)		bleached or necrosed thallus may be infected and damaged by clustered pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph			Lichenoconium erodens	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 erodens/	Lichenoconium erodens	a lichenicolous coelomycete		clustered	pycnidium	Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Evernia prunastri/	Evernia prunastri	oak moss		bleached or necrosed	thallus					clustered pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages bleached or necrosed thallus
thallus (brownish)		brownish thallus is parasitised by Everniicola anamorph			Everniicola flexispora	a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete		A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Everniicola flexispora/	Everniicola flexispora	a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete				Everniicola anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Evernia prunastri/	Evernia prunastri	oak moss		brownish	thallus					Everniicola anamorph parasitises brownish thallus
thallus (pale brownish)		pale brownish thallus is parasitised by pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph			Briancoppinsia cytospora	a lichenicolous coelomycete	Arthoniales: Arthoniaceae	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					pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph parasitises pale brownish thallus

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.
Dobson, F.S., 2000	Lichens, an Illustrated Guide to the British and Irish Species, Ed 4	Fourth edition, 431pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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

Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 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	Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss)
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)

Evernia prunastri 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 Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss)

Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 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 Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss):

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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