Cercidospora macrospora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dothideales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Dothideomycetes Subclassis: Dothideomycetidae Ordo: Dothideales

Genus: Cercidospora
Species: Cercidospora macrospora

Name

Cercidospora macrospora (Uloth) Hafellner & Nav.-Ros., 2004

• Lichenicolous Fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: On the thallus of the Lecanora muralis group, growing both on siliceous and carbonated substrata

World distribution: Holarctic, not frequent, but locally abundant

Basionym

• Phacopsis macrospora Uloth, Flora 44: 653 (1861)

Synonymy

• Cercidospora ulothii Körb., Parerga Lichenol.: 466 (1865)   (Source: Navarro-Rosinés et al. 2004, p. 638)

References

Primary

• Hafellner & Nav.-Ros., Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region (Tempe) 2: 638 (2004)

• Navarro-Rosinés, P.; Calatayud, V. and Hafellner, J. (2004) Cercidospora (pp. 635-639) 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.# 25987] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Cercidospora macrospora: p. 638)

Secondary

• Hafellner, J. (1987) Studien uber lichenicole Pilze und Flechten VI. Ein verandertes Gattungskonzept fur Cercidospora. - Herzogia 7: 353–365.   **[RLL List # 136 / Rec.# 7257] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Illustration of Cercidospora macrospora: p. 356, as Cercidospora ulothii)

Links

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

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#16) 18 June 2010.

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank