METZGERIALES
(veilworts, germanderworts, ghostworts and greaseworts)

Interactions where METZGERIALES 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
thallus thallus is parasitised by apothecium ForeignRestricted Octospora cashiae a bryoparasitic discomycete Pezizales: Pyronemataceae Lamprospora tuberculata, Octospora ithacaensis, O. orthotrichi and O. affinis – four bryoparasitic ascomycetes new to the Czech Republic, Egertova, Z., Eckstein, J. & Vega, M., 2015
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Octospora cashiae/Octospora cashiaea bryoparasitic discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Marchantiophyta/Jungermanniopsida/Metzgeriales/Metzgerialesveilworts, germanderworts, ghostworts and greasewortsthallusSole apothecium parasitises thallus

Author & YearTitleSource
Egertova, Z., Eckstein, J. & Vega, M., 2015Lamprospora tuberculata, Octospora ithacaensis, O. orthotrichi and O. affinis – four bryoparasitic ascomycetes new to the Czech RepublicCzech Mycology Vol 67 (2): 119-133.

METZGERIALES (veilworts, germanderworts, ghostworts and greaseworts) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
ANEURACEAE
germanderworts, ghostworts and greaseworts
Family 2 subtaxa 4 trophisms 2 references
METZGERIACEAE
veilworts
Family 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms 1 references
Metzgeria
a genus of veilworts
Genus 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderMETZGERIALES (veilworts, germanderworts, ghostworts and greaseworts)
ClassJUNGERMANNIOPSIDA (leafy liverworts)
PhylumMARCHANTIOPHYTA (liverworts)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for METZGERIALES (veilworts, germanderworts, ghostworts and greaseworts)

METZGERIALES (veilworts, germanderworts, ghostworts and greaseworts) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to METZGERIALES (veilworts, germanderworts, ghostworts and greaseworts):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 54 images of METZGERIALES (veilworts, germanderworts, ghostworts and greaseworts)
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