Muellerella pygmaea

Taxonavigation

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

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

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

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

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

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)**

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)

English: Dwarf muellerella lichen