Pertusaria DC.
(a genus of crustose lichens)

Interactions where Pertusaria 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').

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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
		is parasitised by short-stalked apothecium			Sphinctrina leucopoda	a lichenicolous lichen	Mycocaliciales: Sphinctrinaceae	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/Mycocaliciales/Sphinctrinaceae/Sphinctrina leucopoda/	Sphinctrina leucopoda	a lichenicolous lichen		short-stalked		apothecium	Lichen / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria/	Pertusaria	a genus of crustose lichens								short-stalked apothecium parasitises
		may support apothecium			Sphinctrina tubaeformis	a lichenicolous lichen	Mycocaliciales: Sphinctrinaceae	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/Mycocaliciales/Sphinctrinaceae/Sphinctrina tubaeformis/	Sphinctrina tubaeformis	a lichenicolous lichen				apothecium	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria/	Pertusaria	a genus of crustose lichens								apothecium lives on/in
		may support short-stalked apothecium			Sphinctrina turbinata	a lichenicolous lichen	Mycocaliciales: Sphinctrinaceae	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/Mycocaliciales/Sphinctrinaceae/Sphinctrina turbinata/	Sphinctrina turbinata	a lichenicolous lichen		short-stalked		apothecium	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria/	Pertusaria	a genus of crustose lichens								short-stalked apothecium lives on/in
		may support apothecium			Dactylospora parasitica	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 parasitica/	Dactylospora parasitica	a lichenicolous ascomycete				apothecium	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria/	Pertusaria	a genus of crustose lichens								apothecium lives on/in
		may support apothecium			Rhizocarpon advenulum	a lichenicolous lichen	Rhizocarpales: Rhizocarpaceae	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/Rhizocarpales/Rhizocarpaceae/Rhizocarpon advenulum/	Rhizocarpon advenulum	a lichenicolous lichen				apothecium	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria/	Pertusaria	a genus of crustose lichens								apothecium lives on/in
		may be infected and damaged by conidioma of hainesia coelycetous anamorph			Hainesia pertusariae	a lichenicolous coelomycete	Helotiales: Phacidiaceae	Two new lichenicolous species of Hainesia (asexual Ascomycetes) growing on Cladonia, Diederich, P. & van den Boom, P., 2013	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Phacidiaceae/Hainesia pertusariae/	Hainesia pertusariae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			conidioma	hainesia coelycetous anamorph	Lichen / pathogen			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria/	Pertusaria	a genus of crustose lichens								conidioma of hainesia coelycetous anamorph infects and damages
(live)		live thallus is parasitised by basidiome			Tremella pertusariae	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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella pertusariae/	Tremella pertusariae	a brain fungus				basidiome	Lichen / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria/	Pertusaria	a genus of crustose lichens		live		thallus				basidiome parasitises live thallus
apothecial verrucae		apothecial verrucae may support sporodochium of Sclerococcum anamorph			Sclerococcum simplex	a lichenicolous anamorphic fungus	Sclerococcales: Sclerococcaceae	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/Eurotiomycetes/Sclerococcales/Sclerococcaceae/Sclerococcum simplex/	Sclerococcum simplex	a lichenicolous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Sclerococcum anamorph	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria/	Pertusaria	a genus of crustose lichens			apothecial verrucae					sporodochium of Sclerococcum anamorph lives on/in apothecial verrucae
apothecium		apothecium is parasitised by pycnidium of Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph			Lichenodiplis lecanorae	a lichenicolous coelomycete		A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lichenodiplis lecanorae/	Lichenodiplis lecanorae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria/	Pertusaria	a genus of crustose lichens			apothecium					pycnidium of Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph parasitises apothecium
apothecium		apothecium may support pycnidium of Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph			Lichenodiplis lecanorae	a lichenicolous coelomycete		A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lichenodiplis lecanorae/	Lichenodiplis lecanorae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria/	Pertusaria	a genus of crustose lichens			apothecium					pycnidium of Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph lives on/in apothecium
thallus		thallus may support sporodochium of Sclerococcum anamorph			Sclerococcum simplex	a lichenicolous anamorphic fungus	Sclerococcales: Sclerococcaceae	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/Eurotiomycetes/Sclerococcales/Sclerococcaceae/Sclerococcum simplex/	Sclerococcum simplex	a lichenicolous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Sclerococcum anamorph	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria/	Pertusaria	a genus of crustose lichens			thallus		Minor			sporodochium of Sclerococcum anamorph lives on/in thallus
thallus		thallus may support sporodochial tufts of Sclerococcum dematiaceous anamorph			Sclerococcum sphaerale	a lichenicolous dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete	Sclerococcales: Sclerococcaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 The Lichenicolous Hyphomycetes, Hawksworth, D.L., 1979	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Sclerococcales/Sclerococcaceae/Sclerococcum sphaerale/	Sclerococcum sphaerale	a lichenicolous dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete			sporodochial tufts	Sclerococcum dematiaceous anamorph	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria/	Pertusaria	a genus of crustose lichens			thallus		Sole			sporodochial tufts of Sclerococcum dematiaceous anamorph lives on/in thallus
thallus		thallus is parasitised by pycnidium of Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph			Lichenodiplis lecanorae	a lichenicolous coelomycete		A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lichenodiplis lecanorae/	Lichenodiplis lecanorae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria/	Pertusaria	a genus of crustose lichens			thallus		Minor			pycnidium of Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph parasitises thallus
thallus		thallus may support pycnidium of Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph			Lichenodiplis lecanorae	a lichenicolous coelomycete		A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lichenodiplis lecanorae/	Lichenodiplis lecanorae	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria/	Pertusaria	a genus of crustose lichens			thallus		Minor			pycnidium of Lichenodiplis coelomycetous anamorph lives on/in thallus

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Diederich, P. & van den Boom, P., 2013	Two new lichenicolous species of Hainesia (asexual Ascomycetes) growing on Cladonia	Bull. Soc. Nat. luxemb. Vol 114: 59-63.
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

Pertusaria (a genus of crustose lichens) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pertusaria (a genus of crustose lichens) 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))

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Pertusaria coccodes a lichen				Species		1 trophisms
Pertusaria hymenea a lichen				Species		2 trophisms
Pertusaria leioplaca a lichen				Species		3 trophisms
Pertusaria pertusa a lichen				Species		5 trophisms	1 references
Pertusaria pseudocorallina a lichen				Species		4 trophisms
Pertusaria pupillaris a lichen				Species		1 trophisms
Pertusaria rupicola a lichen				Species		2 trophisms	1 references

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Pertusaria (a genus of crustose lichens)
Family	PERTUSARIACEAE (a family of lichens)
Order	PERTUSARIALES (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)

Pertusaria 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 Pertusaria (a genus of crustose lichens)

Pertusaria (a genus of crustose lichens) 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 Pertusaria (a genus of crustose 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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