 "E. pedicellatum" may also be part of second symbiosis with the epiphytic liverwort "Frullania asagrayana".The symbiosis between the free-living "Scytonema" and the germinating ascomycete spores of "E. pedicellatum" is hypothesized to begin within the water sacs of "Frullania asagrayana", where the fungal hyphae assimilates a cyanobacterium, and needs to develop for 5 to 10 years before it reaches a visible size.The liverwort may also benefit from the nitrogen that is being fixed by the cyanolichen growing within it.