Lecanora Ach.
(a genus of crustose lichens)

Interactions where Lecanora 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
		is parasitised by short-stalked apothecium			Sphinctrina anglica	a lichenicolous lichen	Mycocaliciales: Sphinctrinaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Mycocaliciales/Sphinctrinaceae/Sphinctrina anglica/	Sphinctrina anglica	a lichenicolous lichen		short-stalked		apothecium	Lichen / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens								short-stalked apothecium parasitises
		may be infected and damaged by more or less completely immersed perithecium			Muellerella lichenicola	a lichenicolous fungus	Verrucariales: Verrucariaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Verrucariales/Verrucariaceae/Muellerella lichenicola/	Muellerella lichenicola	a lichenicolous fungus		more or less completely immersed		perithecium	Lichen / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens								more or less completely immersed perithecium infects and damages
apothecium		apothecium is parasitised by ascoma			Arthonia clemens	a lichenicolous lichen	Arthoniales: Arthoniaceae	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/Arthonia clemens/	Arthonia clemens	a lichenicolous lichen				ascoma	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens			apothecium					ascoma parasitises apothecium
apothecium		apothecium may support ascoma			Arthonia clemens	a lichenicolous lichen	Arthoniales: Arthoniaceae	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/Arthonia clemens/	Arthonia clemens	a lichenicolous lichen				ascoma	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens			apothecium					ascoma lives on/in apothecium
apothecium		apothecium 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/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens			apothecium					pycnidium of Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph parasitises apothecium
apothecium		apothecium 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/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens			apothecium					pycnidium of Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph lives on/in apothecium
apothecium (discoloured, brown to almost black)		discoloured, brown to almost black apothecium may be infected and damaged by colony of Taeniolella dematiaceous anamorph			Taeniolella delicata	a lichenicolous anamorphic fungus	Mytilinidiales: Mytilinidiaceae	The Lichenicolous Hyphomycetes, Hawksworth, D.L., 1979	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Mytilinidiaceae/Taeniolella delicata/	Taeniolella delicata	a lichenicolous anamorphic fungus			colony	Taeniolella dematiaceous anamorph	Lichen / pathogen			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens		discoloured, brown to almost black	apothecium					colony of Taeniolella dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages discoloured, brown to almost black apothecium
hymenium (around margin) (piebald discolourised)		piebald discolourised hymenium (around margin) is parasitised by Vouauxiella coelomycetous anamorph			Vouauxiella lichenicola	a lichenicolous coelomycete		Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Vouauxiella lichenicola/	Vouauxiella lichenicola	a lichenicolous coelomycete				Vouauxiella coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens		piebald discolourised	hymenium (around margin)					Vouauxiella coelomycetous anamorph parasitises piebald discolourised hymenium (around margin)
hymenium (around margin) (piebald discolourised)		piebald discolourised hymenium (around margin) may support Vouauxiella coelomycetous anamorph			Vouauxiella lichenicola	a lichenicolous coelomycete		Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Vouauxiella lichenicola/	Vouauxiella lichenicola	a lichenicolous coelomycete				Vouauxiella coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens		piebald discolourised	hymenium (around margin)					Vouauxiella coelomycetous anamorph lives on/in piebald discolourised hymenium (around margin)
hymenium (around margin) (piebald discolourised)		piebald discolourised hymenium (around margin) is parasitised by Vouauxiella coelomycetous anamorph			Vouauxiella verrucosa	a lichenicolous coelomycete		Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Vouauxiella verrucosa/	Vouauxiella verrucosa	a lichenicolous coelomycete				Vouauxiella coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens		piebald discolourised	hymenium (around margin)					Vouauxiella coelomycetous anamorph parasitises piebald discolourised hymenium (around margin)
hymenium (around margin) (piebald discolourised)		piebald discolourised hymenium (around margin) may support Vouauxiella coelomycetous anamorph			Vouauxiella verrucosa	a lichenicolous coelomycete		Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Vouauxiella verrucosa/	Vouauxiella verrucosa	a lichenicolous coelomycete				Vouauxiella coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens		piebald discolourised	hymenium (around margin)					Vouauxiella coelomycetous anamorph lives on/in piebald discolourised hymenium (around margin)
thallus		thallus is parasitised by perithecium			Stigmidium schaereri	a lichen	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	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/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Stigmidium schaereri/	Stigmidium schaereri	a lichen				perithecium	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens			thallus					perithecium parasitises thallus
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/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens			thallus		Major			perithecium parasitises 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/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens			thallus		Minor			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/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens			thallus		Minor			pycnidium of Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph lives on/in thallus
thallus		thallus is parasitised by Illosporiopsis anamorph			Illosporiopsis christiansenii	a lichen parasite	Hypocreales	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Marchandiobasidium aurantiacum and Efibulobasidium rolleyi: two unusual fungi on a Welsh apple twig, Roberts, P., 2011	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Illosporiopsis christiansenii/	Illosporiopsis christiansenii	a lichen parasite				Illosporiopsis anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens			thallus					Illosporiopsis anamorph parasitises thallus
thallus		thallus is parasitised by fruitbody			Athelia epiphylla	a resupinate fungus	Atheliales: Atheliaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Athelia epiphylla/	Athelia epiphylla	a resupinate fungus				fruitbody	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Lecanoraceae/Lecanora/	Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens			thallus					fruitbody parasitises thallus

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Hawksworth, D.L., 1979	The Lichenicolous Hyphomycetes	Bull. Br. mus. nat. hist. bot. Vol 6 (3): 183-300.
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
Roberts, P., 2011	Marchandiobasidium aurantiacum and Efibulobasidium rolleyi: two unusual fungi on a Welsh apple twig	Field Mycology Vol 12 (4): 132-134.

Lecanora (a genus of crustose lichens) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lecanora (a genus of crustose lichens) 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))

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Lecanora albella a lichen				Species		1 trophisms
Lecanora albellula a lichen				Species			1 references
Lecanora campestris a lichen				Species		1 trophisms
Lecanora chlarotera a lichen				Species		8 trophisms
Lecanora conizaeoides a lichen				Species		12 trophisms
Lecanora coppinsii a lichen				Species			1 references
Lecanora expallens a lichen				Species		1 trophisms
Lecanora gangaleoides a lichen				Species		1 trophisms	1 references
Lecanora intricata a lichen				Species		1 trophisms
Lecanora jamesii a lichen				Species		2 trophisms
Lecanora mughicola a lichen				Species			1 references
Lecanora polytropa a lichen				Species		2 trophisms
Lecanora pulicaris a lichen				Species		1 trophisms
Lecanora quercicola a lichen				Species			1 references
Lecanora saligna a lichen				Species		2 trophisms	1 references
Lecanora sarcopidoides a lichen				Species			1 references
Lecanora subcarnea a lichen				Species		1 trophisms
Lecanora subintricata a lichen				Species			1 references
Lecanora varia a lichen				Species		2 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Lecanora (a genus of crustose lichens)
Family	LECANORACEAE (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)

Lecanora 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 Lecanora (a genus of crustose lichens)

Lecanora (a genus of crustose lichens) 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 Lecanora (a genus of crustose lichens):

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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