Cornutispora lichenicola D. Hawksw. & B. Sutton
(a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete)

Interactions where Cornutispora lichenicola 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
Cornutispora anamorph		Cornutispora anamorph parasitises bleached thallus			Parmelia sulcata	Netted Shield Lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Cornutispora lichenicola/	Cornutispora lichenicola	a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete				Cornutispora anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Parmelia sulcata/	Parmelia sulcata	netted shield lichen		bleached	thallus		Major
Cornutispora anamorph		Cornutispora anamorph parasitises bleached thallus			Platismatia glauca	a lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Cornutispora lichenicola/	Cornutispora lichenicola	a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete				Cornutispora anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Platismatia glauca/	Platismatia glauca	a lichen		bleached	thallus
Cornutispora anamorph		Cornutispora anamorph parasitises bleached thallus			Punctelia borreri	a lichen	Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Cornutispora lichenicola/	Cornutispora lichenicola	a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete				Cornutispora anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Punctelia borreri/	Punctelia borreri	a lichen		bleached	thallus
Cornutispora anamorph		Cornutispora anamorph parasitises decaying, bleached thallus			Lobaria pulmonaria	Lungwort, Lungwort Lichen	Peltigerales: Lobariaceae	The Lichenicolous Hyphomycetes, Hawksworth, D.L., 1979 A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Cornutispora lichenicola/	Cornutispora lichenicola	a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete				Cornutispora anamorph	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Peltigerales/Lobariaceae/Lobaria pulmonaria/	Lobaria pulmonaria	lungwort, lungwort lichen		decaying, bleached	thallus

Author & Year	Title	Source
Hawksworth, D.L., 1979	The Lichenicolous Hyphomycetes	Bull. Br. mus. nat. hist. bot. Vol 6 (3): 183-300.
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

Cornutispora lichenicola (a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Cornutispora lichenicola (a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete) 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:

Anamorphic Species	Cornutispora lichenicola (a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete)
Genus	Cornutispora (a genus of lichens)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cornutispora lichenicola is also a member of:
Lichenes - lichens (via Cornutispora)
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 Cornutispora lichenicola (a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete)

Cornutispora lichenicola (a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Cornutispora
(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))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cornutispora lichenicola (a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete):

Cornutispora
(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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