Muellerella pygmaea

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Chaetothyriales 

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

Genus: Muellerella
Species: Muellerella pygmaea

Name

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Muellerella pygmaea (Körb.) D. Hawksw., 1979


Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)   (on diverse lichens)

Basionym
  • Tichothecium pygmaeum Körb., Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Kult., Denkschr. Feier 50 Jähr. Bestehens (Breslau):236 (1853)

Synonyms

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  • Microthelia pygmaea (Körb.) Körb., 1855
  • Muellerella pygmaea (Körb.) D. Hawksw., Bot. Notiser 132(3): 289 (1979) var. pygmaea
  • Mycoporum pygmaeum (Körb.) Jatta, 1900
  • Pyrenula pygmaea (Körb.) Tuck., 1872
  • Tichothecium pygmaeum Körb., Parerga lichenol. (Breslau): 467 (1865)
  • Tichothecium pygmaeum var. ecatonosporum Anzi & G. Winter, 1885
  • Tichothecium pygmaeum Körb., Parerga lichenol. (Breslau): 467 (1865) var. pygmaeum


Note:

*Muellerella pygmaea var. athallina (Müll. Arg.) Triebel, 1989 = Muellerella erratica
*Muellerella pygmaea var. ventosicola (Mudd) Triebel, 1989 = Muellerella ventosicola
*Source: North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#18) 13 December 2012)

References

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Primary

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  • D. Hawksw., Bot. Notiser 132(3): 289 (1979)
  • Hawksworth, D.L. (1979) Studies in the genus Endococcus (Ascomycotina, Dothideales). - Botaniska Notiser 132: 283–290.   **[RLL List # 107-33 / Rec.# 7998] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

Secondary

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  • Matzer, M. (1993) Zur Kenntnis der Gattungen Muellerella und Plurisperma (Ascomycetes). - Nova Hedwigia 56(1-2): 203–210.   **[RLL List # 155 / Rec.# 12503] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Illustrations of Muellerella pygmaea: Figs. 4-7)
  • Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2010) Lichenicolous fungi – worldwide checklist, including isolated cultures and sequences available. Internet (1/12/2011)
  • Triebel, D. (1989) Lecideicole Ascomyceten. Eine Revision der obligat lichenicolen Ascomyceten auf lecideoiden Flechten. - Bibliotheca Lichenologica, No. 35. J. Cramer, Berlin-Stuttgart. 278 pp.   **[RLL List # 139 / Rec.# 18996] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Band 35) (Illustrations of Muellerella pygmaea: Figs. 20b-e)
  • Triebel, D. and Kainz, C. (2004) Muellerella (pp. 673-675) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 26007] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of Muellerella pygmaea and distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 675) (Key to the three varieties of M. pygmaea: p. 675)
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Vernacular names

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English: Dwarf muellerella lichen