Polycoccum vermicularium

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Trypetheliales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Dothideomycetes
Ordo: Trypetheliales

Familia: Polycoccaceae
Genus: Polycoccum
Species: Polycoccum vermicularium

Name edit

Polycoccum vermicularium (Linds.) D. Hawksw., 1985


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

Basionym
  • Lecidea vermicularia Linds., 1859

Synonyms edit

  • Lecidea vermicularia Linds., Trans. R. Soc. Edinb. 22: 144 (1859)
  • Tichothecium vermiculariae (Linds.) Jacz., Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 12: 93 (1896)
  • Karschia vermicularis (Linds.) Rehm & Arnold, Hedwigia 42 (Beibl.): (174) (1903)
  • Endococcus vermicularius (Linds.) D. Hawksw., Bot. Notiser 132 (3): 289 (1979)

References edit

Primary references edit

  • D. Hawksw., Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., Bot. 14 (2): 172 (1985)
  • Hawksworth, D.L. (1985) A redisposition of the species referred to the ascomycete genus Microthelia. - Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series 14 (2): 43–181.   **[RLL List # 127-69 / Rec.# 8034] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

References edit

  • Esslinger, T.L. and Egan, R.S. (1995) A sixth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 98 (4): 467–549.   **[RLL List # 161 / Rec.# 5195] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR)

Links edit

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

Vernacular names edit