Muellerella lichenicola (Sommerf.) D. Hawksw.
(a lichenicolous fungus)

Interactions where Muellerella lichenicola 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
perithecium (more or less completely immersed)		more or less completely immersed perithecium infects and damages			Lecanora	a genus of crustose lichens	Lecanorales: Lecanoraceae	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
perithecium (more or less completely immersed)		more or less completely immersed perithecium infects and damages			Bilimbia sabuletorum	a lichen	Lecideales: Lecideaceae	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/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Bilimbia sabuletorum/	Bilimbia sabuletorum	a lichen
perithecium (more or less completely immersed)		more or less completely immersed perithecium infects and damages			Caloplaca	a genus of placodioid and crustose lichens	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/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/Teloschistales/Teloschistaceae/Caloplaca/	Caloplaca	a genus of placodioid and crustose lichens
Tichothecium anamorph (immersed)		immersed mycelium of Tichothecium anamorph lives on/in apothecium			Caloplaca cerina var cerina	a lichen	Teloschistales: Teloschistaceae	The Lichenicolous Hyphomycetes, Hawksworth, D.L., 1979	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Verrucariales/Verrucariaceae/Muellerella lichenicola/	Muellerella lichenicola	a lichenicolous fungus		immersed	mycelium	Tichothecium anamorph	Lichen / symbiont			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Teloschistales/Teloschistaceae/Caloplaca cerina var. cerina/	Caloplaca cerina var. cerina	a lichen			apothecium
perithecium (more or less completely immersed)		more or less completely immersed perithecium infects and damages			Fulgensia	a genus of lichens	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/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/Teloschistales/Teloschistaceae/Fulgensia/	Fulgensia	a genus of lichens
		is associated with			Xanthoria parietina	Common Orange Lichen	Teloschistales: Teloschistaceae	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/Eurotiomycetes/Verrucariales/Verrucariaceae/Muellerella lichenicola/	Muellerella lichenicola	a lichenicolous fungus					Lichen / associate			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Teloschistales/Teloschistaceae/Xanthoria parietina/	Xanthoria parietina	common orange lichen

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
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.

Muellerella lichenicola (a lichenicolous fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Muellerella lichenicola (a lichenicolous fungus) may 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	Muellerella lichenicola (a lichenicolous fungus)
Genus	Muellerella (a genus of lichens)
Family	VERRUCARIACEAE (a family of lichens)
Order	VERRUCARIALES (an order of lichens)
Class	EUROTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Muellerella lichenicola is also a member of:
Lichenes - lichens (via Verrucariales)
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 Muellerella lichenicola (a lichenicolous fungus)

Muellerella lichenicola (a lichenicolous fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

VERRUCARIACEAE
(a family of lichens)

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 Muellerella lichenicola (a lichenicolous fungus):

VERRUCARIACEAE
(a family of 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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