Merismatium nigritellum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: –
Genus: Merismatium
Species: Merismatium nigritellum

Name

Merismatium nigritellum (Nyl.) Vouaux, 1913

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: On Catapyrenium, Leptogium, Lichenomphalia, Lopadium, Micarea, Mycobilimbia, Ochrolechia, Protoblastenia

Basionym

• Verrucaria nigritella Nyl., Flora, Jena 48: 357 (1865)

Synonyms

• Merismatium lopadii (Anzi) Zopf, Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 70: 269 (1898)

• Arthonia lopadii (Anzi) Jatta [as 'Lopadî' ], 1900
• Celidium lopadii Anzi
• Leptosphaerulina nigritella (Nyl.) Sacc. & D. Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 17: 746 (1905)
• Polyblastia lopadii (Anzi) H. Olivier [as 'Lopadiae' ], 1906
• Polyblastia nigritella (Nyl.) Arnold, Flora, Jena 53: 21 (1870)
• Verrucaria nigritella Nyl., Flora, Jena 48: 357 (1865)

References

• Vouaux, Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 29: 77 (1913)

• Vouaux (1913) Synopsis des champignons parasites de Lichens (Suite). - Bulletin de la Société mycologique de France\Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 29: 33-128, 399-444, 447-494.   **[Mattick Rec.# 34672] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)**

Links

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

• Merismatium nigritellum in Index Fungorum.

• Merismatium nigritellum in MycoBank.