Dactylospora athallina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sclerococcales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Eurotiomycetes Subclassis: Sclerococcomycetidae Ordo: Sclerococcales

Familia: Dactylosporaceae
Genus: Dactylospora
Species: Dactylospora athallina

Name

Dactylospora athallina (Müll.Arg.) Hafellner, 1979

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: In Sonoran Region: Baeomyces rufus; outside the Sonoran Region: Baeomyces heteromorphus; on thallus; commensalic.

Basionym: Buellia athallina Müll.Arg., 1862

Synonyms

• Buellia athallina Müll.Arg., 1945
• Buellia scabrosa f. athallina (Müll.Arg.) A.L.Sm.
• Karschia athallina (Müll.Arg.) Vouaux, 1892
• Karschia allothallina (Nyl.) Rehm
• Karschia sphyridii Stein

References

• Hafellner, Beih. Nova Hedwigia 62: 99 (1979)

• Hafellner, J. (1979) Karschia. Revision einer Sammelgattung an der Grenze von lichenisierten und nichlichenisierten Ascomyceten. - Beiheft zur Nova Hedwigia 62: 1–248.   (RLL List # 104-39 / Rec. # 7242 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration of Dactylospora athallina: p. 101)

• Hafellner, J. (2004) Dactylospora (pp. 645-648) 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. # 25993 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Dactylospora athallina: p. 646)

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011

• Swedish ascomycetes in Herb. UME by Ove E. Eriksson

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Vernacular names

English: Dactylospora lichen