Marchantia polymorpha L.
(Common Liverwort)

Interactions where Marchantia polymorpha 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
grows on trunk UK/IrelandCaptivity Dicksonia (a genus of tree ferns) Cyatheales: Dicksoniaceae More tree fern aliens, Fisk, R., 2008
 /Plantae/Marchantiophyta/Marchantiopsida/Marchantiales/Marchantiaceae/Marchantia polymorpha/Marchantia polymorphacommon liverwort Plant / epiphyteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Cyatheales/Dicksoniaceae/Dicksonia/Dicksonia(a genus of tree ferns)trunk Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced

Interactions where Marchantia polymorpha 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
thallus is associate of fruitbody Loreleia postii a toadstool Hymenochaetales 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/Hymenochaetales/Loreleia postii/Loreleia postiia toadstoolfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Marchantiophyta/Marchantiopsida/Marchantiales/Marchantiaceae/Marchantia polymorpha/Marchantia polymorphacommon liverwortthallus fruitbody is associated with thallus
(dead) dead thallus is decayed by fruitbody UK/Ireland Loreleia marchantiae Liverwort Navel Hymenochaetales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Profiles of Fungi No. 17: Gerronema marchantiae Singer & Clemencon, Watling, R. & Romero, A., 1989
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Loreleia marchantiae/Loreleia marchantiaeliverwort navelfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Marchantiophyta/Marchantiopsida/Marchantiales/Marchantiaceae/Marchantia polymorpha/Marchantia polymorphacommon liverwortdeadthallus fruitbody is saprobic on dead thallus
(live) live gametophyte is parasitised by scattered, sessile apothecium Foreign+?UK/EireRestricted Neottiella ithacaensis a bryoparasitic discomycete Pezizales: Pyronemataceae Lamprospora tuberculata, Octospora ithacaensis, O. orthotrichi and O. affinis – four bryoparasitic ascomycetes new to the Czech Republic, Egertova, Z., Eckstein, J. & Vega, M., 2015
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Neottiella ithacaensis/Neottiella ithacaensisa bryoparasitic discomycetescattered, sessileapothecium Foodplant / parasiteConfirmed abroad, probable in UK/Eire /Plantae/Marchantiophyta/Marchantiopsida/Marchantiales/Marchantiaceae/Marchantia polymorpha/Marchantia polymorphacommon liverwortlivegametophyteSole scattered, sessile apothecium parasitises live gametophyte
(moribund) moribund thallus may be infected and damaged by fruitbody UK/Ireland Loreleia marchantiae Liverwort Navel Hymenochaetales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Profiles of Fungi No. 17: Gerronema marchantiae Singer & Clemencon, Watling, R. & Romero, A., 1989
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Loreleia marchantiae/Loreleia marchantiaeliverwort navelfruitbody Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Marchantiophyta/Marchantiopsida/Marchantiales/Marchantiaceae/Marchantia polymorpha/Marchantia polymorphacommon liverwortmoribundthallus fruitbody infects and damages moribund thallus
archegoniophore (dead) dead archegoniophore is spotted by pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phyllosticta marchantiae a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta marchantiae/Phyllosticta marchantiaea coelomycetepycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Marchantiophyta/Marchantiopsida/Marchantiales/Marchantiaceae/Marchantia polymorpha/Marchantia polymorphacommon liverwortdeadarchegoniophore (9,5)pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on dead archegoniophore

Author & YearTitleSource
Egertova, Z., Eckstein, J. & Vega, M., 2015Lamprospora tuberculata, Octospora ithacaensis, O. orthotrichi and O. affinis – four bryoparasitic ascomycetes new to the Czech RepublicCzech Mycology Vol 67 (2): 119-133.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fisk, R., 2008More tree fern aliensFB Vol 96: 9.
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Watling, R. & Romero, A., 1989Profiles of Fungi No. 17: Gerronema marchantiae Singer & ClemenconMycologist Vol 03 (1): 42.

Marchantia polymorpha (Common Liverwort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMarchantia polymorpha (Common Liverwort)
FamilyMARCHANTIACEAE (a family of thallose liverworts)
OrderMARCHANTIALES (an order of thallose liverworts)
SubclassMARCHANTIIDAE (thallose liverworts)
ClassMARCHANTIOPSIDA (thallose liverworts)
PhylumMARCHANTIOPHYTA (liverworts)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Marchantia polymorpha (Common Liverwort)

Marchantia polymorpha (Common Liverwort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Duckett, J. 2009 Extraordinary features of the reproductive biology of Marchantia at Thursley Common FB Vol 97.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Marchantia polymorpha (Common Liverwort):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 22 images of Marchantia polymorpha (Common Liverwort)
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