Lichenoconium cargillianum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Abrothallales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Dothideomycetes Subclassis: – (incertae sedis) Ordo: Abrothallales

Familia: Lichenoconiaceae
Genus: Lichenoconium
Species: Lichenoconium cargillianum

Name

Lichenoconium cargillianum (Linds.) D. Hawksw., 1977

Anamorphic Ascomycota

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: On Letharia spp., Parmotrema spp., Platismatia spp., Ramalina spp. and Usnea spp.

Basionym

• Microthelia cargilliana Linds., 1867

Synonyms

• Coniothyrium cargillianum (Linds.) Sacc. & Trotter, Syll. fung. (Abellini) 22: 976 (1913)
• Microthelia cargilliana Linds., Trans. R. Soc. Edinb. 24: 439 (1867)

References

Primary

• D. Hawksw., Persoonia 9(2): 172 (1977)

• Hawksworth, D.L. (1977) Taxonomic and biological observations on the genus Lichenoconium (Sphaeropsidales). - Perssonia 9: 159–198.   **[RLL List # 100 / Rec.# 7987] - (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