Merismatium heterophractum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Verrucariales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Eurotiomycetes Subclassis: Chaetothyriomycetidae Ordo: Verrucariales

Familia: –
Genus: Merismatium
Species: Merismatium heterophractum

Name

Merismatium heterophractum (Nyl.) Vouaux

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: On Biatora, Bilimbia, Lopadium

Basionym

• Endococcus heterophractus Nyl.

Synonyms

• Endococcus heterophractus Nyl., Flora, Jena 50: 373 (1867)

• Leptosphaerulina heterophracta (Nyl.) Sacc. & D. Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 17: 746 (1905)

• Polyblastia heterophracta (Nyl.) Arnold, (1874)

• Xenosphaeria heterophracta (Nyl.) Arnold, Flora, Jena 53: 488 (1870)

References

References

• Alstrup, V.; Hansen, E.S. and Daniëls, F.J.A. (2000) Lichenized, lichenicolous and other fungi from North and North East Greenland [Pohja- ja Kirde-Gröönimaa lihheniseerunud, lihhenikoolsed ja teised seened]. - Folia Cryptogamica Estonica 37: 1–20.   **[RLL List # 182 / Rec.# 21647] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Web site) (Publication lists Merismatium heterophractum)

• Zhurbenko, M. and Laursen, G. 2003: Lichenicolous fungi from central Alaska: new records and range extensions. The Bryologist 106(3): 460–464.   **[RLL List # 192 / Rec.# 24872] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR)

Links

• Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2010) Lichenicolous fungi – worldwide checklist, including isolated cultures and sequences available. Internet (1/12/2011)

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#16) 18 June 2010.

• Merismatium heterophractum in Index Fungorum.

• Merismatium heterophractum in MycoBank.