Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm.
(Lungwort, Lungwort Lichen)

Interactions where Lobaria pulmonaria 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').

Filters:

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
(live)		live thallus is parasitised by basidiocarp			Tremella lobariacearum	a brain fungus	Tremellales: Tremellaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 New records of lichenized and lichenicolous fungi in Scandinavia, Westberg, M., Timdal, E., Asplund, J., Bendiksby, M., Haugan, R. et al, 2015	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella lobariacearum/	Tremella lobariacearum	a brain fungus				basidiocarp	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Peltigerales/Lobariaceae/Lobaria pulmonaria/	Lobaria pulmonaria	lungwort, lungwort lichen		live		thallus				basidiocarp parasitises live thallus
thallus		thallus may support more or less superficial apothecium			Dactylospora lobariella	a lichenicolous ascomycete	Lecanorales: Dactylosporaceae	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 lobariella/	Dactylospora lobariella	a lichenicolous ascomycete		more or less superficial		apothecium	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Peltigerales/Lobariaceae/Lobaria pulmonaria/	Lobaria pulmonaria	lungwort, lungwort lichen			thallus					more or less superficial apothecium lives on/in thallus
thallus (decaying, bleached)		decaying, bleached thallus is parasitised by Cornutispora anamorph			Cornutispora lichenicola	a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete		The Lichenicolous Hyphomycetes, Hawksworth, D.L., 1979 A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Cornutispora lichenicola/	Cornutispora lichenicola	a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete				Cornutispora anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Peltigerales/Lobariaceae/Lobaria pulmonaria/	Lobaria pulmonaria	lungwort, lungwort lichen		decaying, bleached	thallus					Cornutispora anamorph parasitises decaying, bleached thallus
thallus (decaying)		decaying thallus is decayed by mycelium of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph			Endophragmiella hughesii	a lichenicolous anamorphic fungus	Sordariales: Helminthosphaeriaceae	The Lichenicolous Hyphomycetes, Hawksworth, D.L., 1979 A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Helminthosphaeriaceae/Endophragmiella hughesii/	Endophragmiella hughesii	a lichenicolous anamorphic fungus			mycelium	Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph	Lichen / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Peltigerales/Lobariaceae/Lobaria pulmonaria/	Lobaria pulmonaria	lungwort, lungwort lichen		decaying	thallus					mycelium of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on decaying thallus
thallus (galled)		galled thallus is galled by ascoma			Plectocarpon lichenum	a lichenicolous lichen	Arthoniales: Roccellaceae	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/Roccellaceae/Plectocarpon lichenum/	Plectocarpon lichenum	a lichenicolous lichen				ascoma	Lichen / gall			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Peltigerales/Lobariaceae/Lobaria pulmonaria/	Lobaria pulmonaria	lungwort, lungwort lichen		galled	thallus					ascoma causes galls on galled thallus

Author & Year	Title	Source
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
Westberg, M., Timdal, E., Asplund, J., Bendiksby, M., Haugan, R. et al, 2015	New records of lichenized and lichenicolous fungi in Scandinavia	Mycokeys Vol 11: 33-61.

Lobaria pulmonaria (Lungwort, Lungwort Lichen) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lobaria pulmonaria (Lungwort, Lungwort Lichen) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lobaria
(a genus of lichens)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Lobaria pulmonaria (Lungwort, Lungwort Lichen)
Genus	Lobaria (a genus of lichens)
Family	LOBARIACEAE (a family of lichens)
Order	PELTIGERALES (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)

Lobaria pulmonaria 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 Lobaria pulmonaria (Lungwort, Lungwort Lichen)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Coppins, A., Coppins, B. & Quelch, P.	2002	Atlantic hazelwoods	British Wildlife Vol 14, No 1: 17-26.
	Coppins, S.	2006	Lungwort, Lobaria pulmonaria can be locally frequent …	Vol 17 (6) Page: 444

Lobaria pulmonaria (Lungwort, Lungwort Lichen) 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))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Eaton, S. & Ellis, C.J.	2014	High demographic rates of the model epiphyte Lobaria pulmonaria in an oceanic hazelwood (western Scotland)	FungEcol Vol 11: 60-70.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Lobaria pulmonaria (Lungwort, Lungwort Lichen):

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 13 images of Lobaria pulmonaria (Lungwort, Lungwort Lichen)

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