Polycoccum peltigerae (Fuckel) Vězda
(a lichenicolous fungus)

Interactions where Polycoccum peltigerae 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		perithecium causes galls on thallus			Peltigera	dog’s tooth lichens, dog lichens	Peltigerales: Peltigeraceae	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/Pleosporales/Dacampiaceae/Polycoccum peltigerae/	Polycoccum peltigerae	a lichenicolous fungus				perithecium	Lichen / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Peltigerales/Peltigeraceae/Peltigera/	Peltigera	dog’s tooth lichens, dog lichens			thallus
perithecium		perithecium parasitises thallus			Peltigera	dog’s tooth lichens, dog lichens	Peltigerales: Peltigeraceae	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/Pleosporales/Dacampiaceae/Polycoccum peltigerae/	Polycoccum peltigerae	a lichenicolous fungus				perithecium	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Peltigerales/Peltigeraceae/Peltigera/	Peltigera	dog’s tooth lichens, dog lichens			thallus
perithecium		perithecium causes galls on thallus			Peltigera polydactylon	a lichen	Peltigerales: Peltigeraceae	Polycoccum peltigerae and Didymosphaeria arxii sp. nov. and their anamorphs, van der Aa, H.A., 1988	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Dacampiaceae/Polycoccum peltigerae/	Polycoccum peltigerae	a lichenicolous fungus				perithecium	Lichen / gall		Foreign	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Peltigerales/Peltigeraceae/Peltigera polydactylon/	Peltigera polydactylon	a lichen			thallus
perithecium		perithecium parasitises thallus			Peltigera polydactylon	a lichen	Peltigerales: Peltigeraceae	Polycoccum peltigerae and Didymosphaeria arxii sp. nov. and their anamorphs, van der Aa, H.A., 1988	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Dacampiaceae/Polycoccum peltigerae/	Polycoccum peltigerae	a lichenicolous fungus				perithecium	Lichen / parasite		Foreign	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Peltigerales/Peltigeraceae/Peltigera polydactylon/	Peltigera polydactylon	a lichen			thallus

Author & Year	Title	Source
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
van der Aa, H.A., 1988	Polycoccum peltigerae and Didymosphaeria arxii sp. nov. and their anamorphs	Stud. Mycol. No. 31.

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Polycoccum peltigerae (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	Polycoccum peltigerae (a lichenicolous fungus)
Genus	Polycoccum (a genus of lichens)
Family	DACAMPIACEAE (a family of lichens)
Order	PLEOSPORALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Polycoccum peltigerae is also a member of:
Lichenes - lichens (via Dacampiaceae)
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 Polycoccum peltigerae (a lichenicolous fungus)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	van der Aa, H.A.	1988	Polycoccum peltigerae and Didymosphaeria arxii sp. nov. and their anamorphs	Stud. Mycol. No. 31.

Polycoccum peltigerae (a lichenicolous fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

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 Polycoccum peltigerae (a lichenicolous fungus):

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

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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