Sphaerellothecium araneosum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Sphaerellothecium
Species: Sphaerellothecium araneosum

Name

Sphaerellothecium araneosum (Rehm ex Arnold) Zopf, 1897

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: On Ochrolechia, Pertusaria, Varicellaria

Basionym: Sphaerella araneosa Rehm, 1872

References

Primary references

• Zopf, Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. 70: 178 (1897)

• Zopf, W. (1897) Untersuchungen über die durch parasitische Pilze hervorgerufenen Krankheiten der Flechten. Erste Abhandlung. - Nova Acta d. kais. Leopold. Deutsch. Akad. der Naturforscher 70, 2: 97–190.   **[Mattick Rec.# 30824] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)**

Additional references

• Zhurbenko, M.P. and Alstrup, V. (2004) Lichenicolous fungi on Cladonia mainly from the Arctic. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 34: 477–499.   **[RLL List # 200 / Rec.# 27626] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

Links

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

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank