Sclerococcum sphaerale

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Dactylosporaceae
Genus: Sclerococcum
Species: Sclerococcum sphaerale

Name

Sclerococcum sphaerale (Ach.) Fr., 1825

Anamorphic Ascomycota

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Host: On Pertusaria spp., mainly on Pertusaria corallina

Basionym

• Spiloma sphaerale Ach., 1814

Synonyms

• Acolium sphaerale (Ach.) Rehm, in Rabenhorst (1890)
• Coniothecium lichenicola Linds.
• Coniothecium sphaerale (Ach.) Keissl., Rabenh. Krypt.-Fl., Edn 2 (Leipzig) 8: 616 (1930)
• Spiloma sphaerale Ach., Syn. Lich.: 2 (1814)

References

Primary

• Fr., Syst. orb. veg. (Lundae) 1: 173 (1825)

• Fries, E. (1825) Systema Orbis Vegetabilis. Primas lineas novae constrictionis periclitatur Elias Fries. Pars I. Plantae homonemeae. - Lundae. 1-369(-374) pp.   **[Mattick Rec.# 16825] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)** (PDF file)

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)

• Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2011) Lichenicolous fungi – worldwide checklist, including isolated cultures and sequences available. - http://www.lichenicolous.net (4/10/2011)

Links

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Sclerococcum sphaerale