Lunularia cruciata (L.) Dumort. ex Lindb.
(Crescent-cup Liverwort)

Interactions where Lunularia cruciata 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
(dead) dead thallus is decayed by fruitbody UK/Ireland Loreleia marchantiae Liverwort Navel Hymenochaetales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Loreleia marchantiae/Loreleia marchantiaeliverwort navelfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Marchantiophyta/Marchantiopsida/Lunulariales/Lunulariaceae/Lunularia cruciata/Lunularia cruciatacrescent-cup liverwortdeadthallus fruitbody is saprobic on dead thallus
(moribund) moribund thallus may be infected and damaged by fruitbody UK/Ireland Loreleia marchantiae Liverwort Navel Hymenochaetales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Loreleia marchantiae/Loreleia marchantiaeliverwort navelfruitbody Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Marchantiophyta/Marchantiopsida/Lunulariales/Lunulariaceae/Lunularia cruciata/Lunularia cruciatacrescent-cup liverwortmoribundthallus fruitbody infects and damages moribund thallus
(moribund) moribund thallus may be infected and damaged by fruitbody Loreleia postii a toadstool Hymenochaetales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Loreleia postii/Loreleia postiia toadstoolfruitbody Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Marchantiophyta/Marchantiopsida/Lunulariales/Lunulariaceae/Lunularia cruciata/Lunularia cruciatacrescent-cup liverwortmoribundthallus fruitbody infects and damages moribund thallus

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Lunularia cruciata (Crescent-cup Liverwort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLunularia cruciata (Crescent-cup Liverwort)
FamilyLUNULARIACEAE (crescent-cup liverworts)
OrderLUNULARIALES (an order of liverworts)
ClassMARCHANTIOPSIDA (thallose liverworts)
PhylumMARCHANTIOPHYTA (liverworts)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lunularia cruciata (Crescent-cup Liverwort)

Lunularia cruciata (Crescent-cup Liverwort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Nutrition

Fonseca, H.M.A.C. & Berbara, R.L.L. 2008 Does Lunularia cruciata form symbiotic relationships with either Glomus proliferum or G. intraradices? Mycol. Res. Vol 112 (9): 1063-1068.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Lunularia cruciata (Crescent-cup Liverwort):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 10 images of Lunularia cruciata (Crescent-cup Liverwort)
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