Spirographa fusisporella (Nyl.) Zahlbr.
(a lichenicolous ascomycete)

Interactions where Spirographa fusisporella 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
apothecium (immersed)		immersed apothecium parasitises thallus			Porpidia	a genus of lichens	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/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
apothecium (immersed)		immersed apothecium lives on/in thallus			Porpidia	a genus of lichens	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/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
apothecium (immersed)		immersed apothecium parasitises thallus			Lepra albescens var albescens	a lichen		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/Lepra albescens var. albescens/	Lepra albescens var. albescens	a lichen			thallus
apothecium (immersed)		immersed apothecium lives on/in thallus			Lepra albescens var albescens	a lichen		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/Lepra albescens var. albescens/	Lepra albescens var. albescens	a lichen			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

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Spirographa fusisporella (a lichenicolous ascomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Spirographa fusisporella (a lichenicolous ascomycete)
Genus	Spirographa (a genus of fungi)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Spirographa fusisporella is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
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 Spirographa fusisporella (a lichenicolous ascomycete)

Spirographa fusisporella (a lichenicolous ascomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Spirographa fusisporella (a lichenicolous ascomycete):

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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