Peltigera rufescens (Weiss) Humb.
(a lichen)

Interactions where Peltigera rufescens 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 lobes (aged)		aged thallus lobes is associate of mycelium of Fusarium anamorph			Fusarium peltigerae	a lichenicolous anamorphic fungus	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	The Lichenicolous Hyphomycetes, Hawksworth, D.L., 1979	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium peltigerae/	Fusarium peltigerae	a lichenicolous anamorphic fungus			mycelium	Fusarium anamorph	Lichen / associate		Foreign	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Peltigerales/Peltigeraceae/Peltigera rufescens/	Peltigera rufescens	a lichen		aged	thallus lobes					mycelium of Fusarium anamorph is associated with aged thallus lobes
thallus		thallus is galled by Hawksworthiana anamorph			Hawksworthiana peltigericola	a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete		Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Hawksworthiana peltigericola/	Hawksworthiana peltigericola	a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete				Hawksworthiana anamorph	Lichen / gall		Foreign	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Peltigerales/Peltigeraceae/Peltigera rufescens/	Peltigera rufescens	a lichen			thallus					Hawksworthiana anamorph causes galls on thallus
thallus		thallus is parasitised by clustered perithecium			Lasiosphaeriopsis salisburyi	a lichenicolous fungus	Coronophorales: Nitschkiaceae	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/Coronophorales/Nitschkiaceae/Lasiosphaeriopsis salisburyi/	Lasiosphaeriopsis salisburyi	a lichenicolous fungus		clustered		perithecium	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Peltigerales/Peltigeraceae/Peltigera rufescens/	Peltigera rufescens	a lichen			thallus					clustered perithecium parasitises thallus
thallus		thallus is parasitised by perithecium			Paranectria superba	a lichenicolous ascomycete	Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae	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/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Paranectria superba/	Paranectria superba	a lichenicolous ascomycete				perithecium	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Peltigerales/Peltigeraceae/Peltigera rufescens/	Peltigera rufescens	a lichen			thallus					perithecium parasitises thallus
thallus (discoloured, usually pale brown)		discoloured, usually pale brown thallus is parasitised by sporodochium of Illosporium anamorph			Illosporium carneum	a lichenicolous anamorphic fungus	Hypocreales	The Lichenicolous Hyphomycetes, Hawksworth, D.L., 1979	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Illosporium carneum/	Illosporium carneum	a lichenicolous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Illosporium anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Peltigerales/Peltigeraceae/Peltigera rufescens/	Peltigera rufescens	a lichen		discoloured, usually pale brown	thallus		Major			sporodochium of Illosporium anamorph parasitises discoloured, usually pale brown thallus
thallus (Hawksworthiana peltigericola-infected)		Hawksworthiana peltigericola-infected thallus is associate of			Fusicladium peltigericola		Venturiales: Venturiaceae	Fungal Planet nos 50-68, various, 2010	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Fusicladium peltigericola/	Fusicladium peltigericola						Lichen / associate	Relationship uncertain	Foreign	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Peltigerales/Peltigeraceae/Peltigera rufescens/	Peltigera rufescens	a lichen		Hawksworthiana peltigericola-infected	thallus					is associated with Hawksworthiana peltigericola-infected thallus

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1995	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
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
various, 2010	Fungal Planet nos 50-68	Persoonia Vol 25: 121-157.

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Peltigera rufescens (a lichen) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Peltigera
(dog’s tooth lichens, dog lichens)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Peltigera rufescens (a lichen)
Genus	Peltigera (dog’s tooth lichens, dog lichens)
Family	PELTIGERACEAE (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)

Peltigera rufescens 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 Peltigera rufescens (a lichen)

Peltigera rufescens (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 Peltigera rufescens (a lichen):

Peltigera
(dog’s tooth lichens, dog lichens)

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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