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Phaeophyscia orbicularis (Neck.) Moberg, 1977 (a lichen)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Phaeophyscia orbicularis Fruitbody 21 March 1999 Berks England 4
Phaeophyscia orbicularis Fruitbody 21 March 1999 Berks England 4
Phaeophyscia orbicularis Imperfect stage 10 May 1976 Mid-west Yorkshire England 1
Phaeophyscia orbicularis Imperfect stage 2 February 1975 Berks England 1

Suggested Literature

Phaeophyscia orbicularis 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 Phaeophyscia orbicularis:

thallus (live) live thallus is parasitised by basidiome Tremella phaeophysciae - a brain fungus (Tremellales: Tremellaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
thallus lobe (weakly bleached) weakly bleached thallus lobe may be infected and damaged by colony of Taeniolella dematiaceous anamorph Taeniolella phaeophysciae - a lichenicolous anamorphic fungus (Hysteriales: Mytilinidiaceae) UK/Ireland Hawksworth, D.L., 1983
Hawksworth, D.L., 1979
thallus thallus is parasitised by ascoma Arthonia epiphyscia - a lichenicolous lichen (Arthoniales: Arthoniaceae) UK/Ireland Hawksworth, D.L., 1983
thallus thallus may support immersed mycelium of Bispora dematiaceous anamorph Intralichen christiansenii - a lichenicolous ascomycete Foreign Hawksworth, D.L., 1979

Phaeophyscia orbicularis 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
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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