Athelia arachnoidea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Atheliales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Basidiomycota Subdivisio: Agaricomycotina Classis: Agaricomycetes Subclassis: Agaricomycetidae Ordo: Atheliales

Athelia arachnoidea (Berk.) Jülich, 1972

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Anamorph: Fibularhizoctonia carotae (Rader) G.C. Adams & Kropp, Mycologia 88: 464.

Hosts: On epiphytic lichens and algae; in the Sonora area over the thallus of Physcia aipolia

World distribution: Europe, northern Africa (Tunisia), North America

Athelia bispora (J. Schröt.) Donk, Fungus, Wageningen 27: 12 (1957)
Athelia epiphylla var. arachnoidea (Berk.) Krieglst., Beitr. Kenntn. Pilze Mitteleur. 12: 40 (1999)
Corticium arachnoideum Berk., Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 1 13: 345 (1844)
Corticium bisporum (J. Schröt.) Bourdot & Galzin, Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 27(2): 241 (1911)
Corticium centrifugum subsp. bisporum (J. Schröt.) Bourdot & Galzin, Hyménomyc. de France (Sceaux): 199 (1928)
Hypochnus bisporus J. Schröt., in Cohn, Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien (Breslau) 3.1(25–32): 415 (1888) [1889]
Terana arachnoidea (Berk.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 2: 872 (1891)

Jülich, Willdenowia, Beih. 7: 53 (1972) (Illustration of Athelia arachnoidea: p. 56)

Jülich, W. 1972: Monographie der Athelieae (Corticiaceae, Basidiomycetes). Willdenowia Beiheft 7: 1–283.

Diederich, P. (2004) Athelia (p. 632) 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.# 25984] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Athelia arachnoides: p. 632.)

Hafellner, J.; Triebel, D.; Ryan, B.D. and Nash, T.H., III. (2002) On lichenicolous fungi from North America. II. - Mycotaxon 84: 293–329. **[RLL List # 190 / Rec.# 24271] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Complete article)

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)

Parmasto, E. (1998) Athelia arachnoidea, a lichenicolous basidiomycete in Estonia [Parasiitnahkis (Athelia arachnoidea), samblikel kasvav kandseen Eestis]. - Folia Cryptogamica Estonica 32: 63–66. **[RLL List # 171 / Rec.# 14209] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Web site) (Illustration of Athelia arachnoidea: p. 65)

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