Abrothallus suecicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Abrothallales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Dothideomycetes Subclassis: – (incertae sedis) Ordo: Abrothallales

Abrothallus suecicus (Kirschst.) Nordin, 1964

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Anamorph: Vouauxiomyces ramalinae (Nordin) D. Hawksw., Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Bot.) 9: 67 (1981)

Hosts: Apothecial disc, rarely thallus of Ramalina species

Basionym: Leciographa suecica Kirschst., Annls mycol. 33 (3/4): 203 (1935)

Synonym: Phoma ramalinae Nordin, Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 58: 227 (1964)

Nordin, I. (1964) Abrothallus suecicus, a common lichenicolous fungus. - Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 58 (1): 225–232. **[RLL List # 50 / Rec.# 13690] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Web site) (Illustrations of Abrothallus suecicus: plates 1-3)

Diederich, P. (2004) Abrothallus (pp. 626-630) 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.# 25981] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of Abrothallus suecicus: p. 629)

Hawksworth, D.L. (1981) The lichenicolous Coleomycetes. - Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series 9: 1–98. **[RLL List # 114-37 / Rec.# 8011] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Illustration of Abrothallus suecicus: p. 68)

Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2010) Lichenicolous fungi – worldwide checklist, including isolated cultures and sequences available. Internet (1/12/2011)

Lichens of Belgium, Luxenbourg and northern France - Photo of Abrothallus suecicus