Tremella leptogii

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Tremellales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Basidiomycota
Subdivisio: Agaricomycotina
Classis: Tremellomycetes
Ordo: Tremellales

Familia: Tremellaceae
Genus: Tremella
Species: Tremella leptogii

Name edit

Tremella leptogii Diederich, 1996


Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Basidiomata: Growing on the isidia of the host, not inducing gall formation.

Typification Details: Holotype UPS, Santesson & Thor P74:54

Host-Substratum/Locality: On isidia of Leptogium species, not gall forming: Peru.

Location: In North America, known only from Mexico.

References edit

Primary edit

  • Diederich, Biblioth. Lichenol. 61: 95 (1996)
  • Diederich, P. (1996) The lichenicolous heterobasidiomycetes. Bibliotheca Lichenologica, 61, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart. 198 pp.   **[RLL List # 163 / Rec.# 4352] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Band 61)

Secondary edit

  • Diederich, P. (2004) Tremella (pp. 710-714) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Diederich, P., Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 26032] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of Tremella leptogii: p. 712)

Links edit

  • Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2011) Lichenicolous fungi – worldwide checklist, including isolated cultures and sequences available. - http://www.lichenicolous.net (4/10/2011)

Vernacular names edit