Abrothallus welwitschii

Taxonavigation edit

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

Abrothallus welwitschii Tul., 1852

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: Thallus of Sticta species

World distribution: Europe and North America

Tulasne , L.-R. (1852) Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire organographique et physiologique des lichens. - Annales des Sciences Naturelles 17: 5–128, 153-249. **[Mattick Rec.# 33131] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)**

Montagne, J.F.C. 1856. Sylloge generum specierumque cryptogamarum quas in variis operibus descriptas iconibusque illustratas, nunc ad diagnosim reductas, nonnullasque novas interjectas, ordine systematico disposuit.: [I]–XXIV + 1–498. J.-B. Baillière, Paris. BHL Reference page.

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 A. welwitschii: pp. 629-630)

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