Leightoniomyces phillipsii

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Genus: Leightoniomyces
Species: Leightoniomyces phillipsii

Name

Leightoniomyces phillipsii (Berk. & Leight.) D. Hawksw. & B.Sutton, 1977

Anamorphic Ascomycota

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: On Steinia geophana and Thrombium epigaeum

Basionym

• Periconia phillipsii Berk. & Leight., in Berkeley & Broome 1875

Synonyms

• Cephalotrichum phillipsii (Berk. & Leight.) S. Hughes, Can. J. Bot. 36: 744 (1958)
• Doratomyces phillipsii (Berk. & Leight.) F.J. Morton & G. Sm., Mycol. Pap. 86: 82 (1963)
• Periconia phillipsii Berk. & Leight., in Berkeley & Broome, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 4 15: 33 (1875)
• Sporocybe phillipsii (Berk. & Leight.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 4: 609 (1886)
• Stysanus phillipsii (Berk. & Leight.) E.W. Mason & M.B. Ellis, Mycol. Pap. 56: 40 (1953)

References

Primary

• In Hawksworth, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 75(2): 204 (1977)

• Hawksworth, D.L. (1977) Three new genera of lichenicolous fungi. - Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc. 75: 195–209.   **[RLL List # 100 / Rec.# 7988] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

Secondary

• 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)

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

Links

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank