Dactylospora saxatilis

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 saxatilis

Name

Dactylospora saxatilis (Schaer.) Hafellner, 1979

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: In Sonoran region: Pertusaria arizonica (=Pertusaria tejocotensis). Hosts outside the Sonoran Region: Pertusaria flavicans, Pertusaria aspergilla, Pertusaria excludens, Pertusaria leucosora, Pertusaria gallica, Pertusaria lactea; on thallus, and if present on the ascomatal warts.

Basionym: Calicium saxatile Schaer., Naturw. Anzeiger Allgem. Schweizer. Gesellsch. Naturwiss. 5: 35 (1821)

Synonyms

• Buellia saxatilis (Schaer.) El-Buni & S.S.Rattan, 1981
• Buellia saxatilis (Schaer.) Körb., 1855
• Buelliella saxatilis (Schaer.) Fink, 1935
• Calicium saxatile Schaer., 1821
• Karschia saxatilis (Schaer.) Rehm, 1890

References

• Hafellner, Beih. Nova Hedwigia 62: 129 (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 saxatilis: p. 132)

• 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 saxatilis: pp. 647-648)

• 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