Dactylospora parasitica

Dactylospora parasitica

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Sclerococcales 

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

Familia: Dactylosporaceae
Genus: Dactylospora
Species: Dactylospora parasitica

Name

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Dactylospora parasitica (Flörke) Zopf, 1896


Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: Outside the Sonoran region: Pertusaria hymenea, Pertusaria communis, Pertusaria albescens, Ochrolechia species; on thallus and if present apothecia; commensalic.

Basionym: Lecidea parasitica Flörke, 1819

Synonyms

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References

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  • Zopf, Hedwigia 35: 341 (1896)
  • 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 parasitica: p. 95)
  • 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 parasitica: p. 647)

Vernacular names

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English: Parasitic dactylospora lichen