Melanelixia fuliginosa (Fr. ex Duby) O. Blanco et al.
(a lichen)

Interactions where Melanelixia fuliginosa 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 parasitised by			Crittendenia coppinsii	a pucciniomycete fungus		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricostilbomycetes/Crittendenia coppinsii/	Crittendenia coppinsii	a pucciniomycete fungus					Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Melanelixia fuliginosa/	Melanelixia fuliginosa	a lichen				thallus				parasitises thallus
apothecium (dark brown to blackened)		dark brown to blackened apothecium is parasitised by pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph			Lichenoconium usneae	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 usneae/	Lichenoconium usneae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Melanelixia fuliginosa/	Melanelixia fuliginosa	a lichen		dark brown to blackened	apothecium					pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph parasitises dark brown to blackened apothecium
apothecium (dark brown to blackened)		dark brown to blackened apothecium may support pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph			Lichenoconium usneae	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 usneae/	Lichenoconium usneae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Melanelixia fuliginosa/	Melanelixia fuliginosa	a lichen		dark brown to blackened	apothecium					pycnidium of Lichenoconium coelomycetous anamorph lives on/in dark brown to blackened apothecium
thallus		thallus may support apothecium			Abrothallus bertianus	a lichenicolous ascomycete	Abrothallales: Abrothallaceae	New and interesting microfungi from the 1978 Exeter foray, Hawksworth, D.L. & Minter. D.W., 1980 A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Abrothallales/Abrothallaceae/Abrothallus bertianus/	Abrothallus bertianus	a lichenicolous ascomycete				apothecium	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Melanelixia fuliginosa/	Melanelixia fuliginosa	a lichen			thallus		Major			apothecium lives on/in thallus
thallus (bleached)		bleached thallus is parasitised by sporodochium of Marchandiomyces anamorph			Marchandiomyces corallinus	a lichenicolous anamorphic basidiomycete	Corticiales: Corticiaceae	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/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Corticiales/Corticiaceae/Marchandiomyces corallinus/	Marchandiomyces corallinus	a lichenicolous anamorphic basidiomycete			sporodochium	Marchandiomyces anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Melanelixia fuliginosa/	Melanelixia fuliginosa	a lichen		bleached	thallus					sporodochium of Marchandiomyces anamorph parasitises bleached thallus

Author & Year	Title	Source
Hawksworth, D.L. & Minter. D.W., 1980	New and interesting microfungi from the 1978 Exeter foray	TBMS Vol 74 (3): 567-577.
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

Melanelixia fuliginosa (a lichen) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Melanelixia fuliginosa (a lichen) 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	Melanelixia fuliginosa (a lichen)
Genus	Melanelixia (a genus of lichens)
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)

Melanelixia fuliginosa 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 Melanelixia fuliginosa (a lichen)

Melanelixia fuliginosa (a lichen) 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 Melanelixia fuliginosa (a lichen):

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

BioImages

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