Acremonium antarcticum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hypocreales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Sordariomycetes Subclassis: Hypocreomycetidae Ordo: Hypocreales

Familia: Bionectriaceae
Genus: Acremonium
Species: Acremonium antarcticum

Name

Acremonium antarcticum (Speg.) D. Hawksw., 1979

Anamorphic Ascomycota

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Host: On various lichens, facultative lichenicolous

Basionym

• Sporotrichum antarcticum Speg., 1910

Synonymy

• Sporotrichum antarcticum Speg., Anal. Mus. nac. B. Aires, Ser. 3 13: 416 (1910)

References

Primary

• D. Hawksw., Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., Bot. 6(3): 192 (1979)

• Hawksworth, D.L. (1979) The lichenicolous hyphomycetes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series 6(3): 183–300.   **[RLL List # 104-42 / Rec.# 8000] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

Secondary

• Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2003) Lichenicolous fungi: interactions, evolution, and biodiversity. - The Bryologist 106(1): 81–120.   **[RLL List # 190 / Rec.# 24248] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR) (PDF file)

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

Links

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank