Sphaerellothecium abditum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mycosphaerellales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Dothideomycetes Subclassis: Dothideomycetidae Ordo: Mycosphaerellales

Sphaerellothecium abditum Triebel, 1989

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: On the epinecral layer of the thallus of Immersaria athroocarpa, Lecidea atrobrunnea, Lecidea leprosolimbata, and Lecidea paupercula.

Locality: France (on Lecidea atrobrunnea), and southwest USA.

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) (Illustration of S. abditum: p. 74)

Cáceres, M.E.S. and Triebel, D. (2004) Sphaerellothecium (pp. 696-699) 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.# 26024] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of Sphaerellothecium abditum: pp. 696-697)

Triebel, D.; Rambold, G. and Nash III, T.H. (1991) On lichenicolous fungi from continental North America. Mycotaxon 42: 263–296. **[RLL List # / Rec.# 18992] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Complete article) (Description of Sphaerellothecium abditum: p. 286)

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