Lichenoconium xanthoriae M.S. Christ.
(a lichenicolous coelomycete)

Interactions where Lichenoconium xanthoriae 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
Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph parasitises blackened apothecium			Cetraria sepincola	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/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium xanthoriae/	Lichenoconium xanthoriae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Cetraria sepincola/	Cetraria sepincola	a lichen		blackened		apothecium
Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph parasitises blackened apothecium			Cetrelia olivetorum s. lat.	a species sensu lato of lichens	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/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium xanthoriae/	Lichenoconium xanthoriae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Cetrelia olivetorum s. lat./	Cetrelia olivetorum s. lat.	a species sensu lato of lichens		blackened		apothecium
Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph parasitises blackened apothecium			Xanthoria parietina	Common Orange Lichen	Teloschistales: Teloschistaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 Capronia suijae (Herpotrichiellaceae, Eurotiomycetes), a new fungus on Xanthoria parietina from Belarus, with a key to the lichenicolous species growing on Xanthoria s. str., Tsurykau, A. & Etayo, J., 2017	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lichenoconiales/Lichenoconiaceae/Lichenoconium xanthoriae/	Lichenoconium xanthoriae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Teloschistales/Teloschistaceae/Xanthoria parietina/	Xanthoria parietina	common orange lichen		blackened	apothecium
Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph parasitises blackened apothecium			Xanthoria polycarpa	a lichen	Teloschistales: Teloschistaceae	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 xanthoriae/	Lichenoconium xanthoriae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Teloschistales/Teloschistaceae/Xanthoria polycarpa/	Xanthoria polycarpa	a lichen		blackened		apothecium	Major

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
Tsurykau, A. & Etayo, J., 2017	Capronia suijae (Herpotrichiellaceae, Eurotiomycetes), a new fungus on Xanthoria parietina from Belarus, with a key to the lichenicolous species growing on Xanthoria s. str.	Lichenologist Vol 49 (1): 1-12.

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lichenoconium xanthoriae (a lichenicolous coelomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Lichenoconium xanthoriae (a lichenicolous coelomycete)
Genus	Lichenoconium (a form genus of lichenicolous coelomycetes)
Family	LICHENOCONIACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	LICHENOCONIALES (an order of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Lichenoconium xanthoriae is also a member of:
Coelomycetes - stem- and leaf-fungi (via Lichenoconium)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Coelomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
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 Lichenoconium xanthoriae (a lichenicolous coelomycete)

Lichenoconium xanthoriae (a lichenicolous coelomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Lichenoconium
(a form genus of lichenicolous coelomycetes)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lichenoconium xanthoriae (a lichenicolous coelomycete):

Lichenoconium
(a form genus of lichenicolous coelomycetes)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

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