Illosporium carneum

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Sordariomycetes
Subclassis: Hypocreomycetidae
Ordo: Hypocreales
Genus: Illosporium
Species: Illosporium carneum

Name

Illosporium carneum Fr., 1829

Anamorphic Ascomycota

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Host: On Peltigera spp.

Anamorph of several Pronectria species

Synonyms

• Illosporium roseum Mart., Fl. crypt. erlang. (Nürnberg): 325 (1817)
• Illosporium roseum Mart., Fl. crypt. erlang. (Nürnberg): 325 (1817) var. roseum

References

Primary references

• Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 3(1): 259 (1829)

Selected reference

• 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)

Links

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

• Illosporium carneum in Index Fungorum.

• Illosporium carneum in MycoBank.