Porpidia Körb.
(a genus of lichens)

Interactions where Porpidia 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
		is parasitised by perithecium			Endococcus propinquus	a lichenicolous fungus		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/Endococcus propinquus/	Endococcus propinquus	a lichenicolous fungus				perithecium	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Porpidia/	Porpidia	a genus of lichens								perithecium parasitises
		is parasitised by			Endococcus rugulosus	a lichenicolous fungus		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/Endococcus rugulosus/	Endococcus rugulosus	a lichenicolous fungus					Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Porpidia/	Porpidia	a genus of lichens								parasitises
thallus		thallus is parasitised by apothecium			Cecidonia umbonella	a lichenicolous 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/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Cecidonia umbonella/	Cecidonia umbonella	a lichenicolous lichen				apothecium	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Porpidia/	Porpidia	a genus of lichens			thallus					apothecium parasitises thallus
thallus		thallus is parasitised by thallus			Cecidonia umbonella	a lichenicolous 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/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Cecidonia umbonella/	Cecidonia umbonella	a lichenicolous lichen				thallus	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Porpidia/	Porpidia	a genus of lichens			thallus					thallus parasitises thallus
thallus		thallus is parasitised by apothecium			Cecidonia xenophana	a lichenicolous 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/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Cecidonia xenophana/	Cecidonia xenophana	a lichenicolous lichen				apothecium	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Porpidia/	Porpidia	a genus of lichens			thallus					apothecium parasitises thallus
thallus		thallus is parasitised by thallus			Cecidonia xenophana	a lichenicolous 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/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Cecidonia xenophana/	Cecidonia xenophana	a lichenicolous lichen				thallus	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Porpidia/	Porpidia	a genus of lichens			thallus					thallus parasitises thallus
thallus		thallus is parasitised by immersed apothecium			Spirographa fusisporella	a lichenicolous ascomycete	Helotiales	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Spirographa fusisporella/	Spirographa fusisporella	a lichenicolous ascomycete		immersed		apothecium	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Porpidia/	Porpidia	a genus of lichens			thallus					immersed apothecium parasitises thallus
thallus		thallus may support immersed apothecium			Spirographa fusisporella	a lichenicolous ascomycete	Helotiales	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Spirographa fusisporella/	Spirographa fusisporella	a lichenicolous ascomycete		immersed		apothecium	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecideales/Lecideaceae/Porpidia/	Porpidia	a genus of lichens			thallus					immersed apothecium lives on/in 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

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Porpidia (a genus of 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
Porpidia macrocarpa a lichen				Species	1 subtaxa	1 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Porpidia (a genus of lichens)
Family	LECIDEACEAE (a family of lichens)
Order	LECIDEALES (an order of fungi)
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)

Porpidia 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 Porpidia (a genus of lichens)

Porpidia (a genus of 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 Porpidia (a genus 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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