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Parmelia Ach., 1803 (a genus of leafy lichens)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Parmelia 28 August 1979 Argyllshire Scotland 3
Parmelia 1 July 1979 East Sussex England 3
Parmelia 17 May 1978 North-west Yorkshire England 1

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Aggregate Parmelia omphalodes agg. (brown Parmelia lichens) 2 4   1 5
Species Parmelia saxatilis (L.) Ach., 1803 (a lichen)   4 1   6
Species Parmelia sulcata Taylor, 1836 (a lichen)   2 1   8

Suggested Literature

Parmelia may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCOTA
(spore-shooters)
ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Parmelia:

thallus thallus is parasitised by apothecium Abrothallus parmeliarum - a lichenicolus ascomycete (Dothideales) UK/Ireland Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 [on grey species]
thallus thallus is parasitised by pycnidium of Vouauxiomyces coelomycetous anamorph Vouauxiomyces santessonii - a lichenicolous coelomycete UK/Ireland Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 [on grey species]
thallus thallus may be infected and damaged by colony of Refractohilum anamorph Refractohilum achromaticum - a lichenicolous anamorphic fungus Foreign Hawksworth, D.L., 1979

Parmelia may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)

References

Hawksworth, D.L., 1979 The Lichenicolous Hyphomycetes
Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles

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