Pleosphaeria lichenothricis

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Sordariomycetes
Genus: Pleosphaeria
Species: Pleosphaeria lichenothricis

Name

Pleosphaeria lichenothricis Henssen, 1964

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Host: On Lichenothrix riddlei

References

• Index of Fungi 3: 364 (1961-1970)
  • Pleosphaeria lichenothricis Henssen in Ber. dt. bot. Ges., 77, p. 320, 1964 (parasymbiont of Lichenothrix riddlei)   (Fla, U.S.A.)

• Henssen, A. (1964) Was ist Pyrenothrix nigra?. - Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Gesell. 77 (8): 317–322.   **[RLL List # 55 / Rec.# 8311] - (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)

Links

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank