Sporopodium podosphaera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lecanorales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Lecanorales

Familia: Byssolomataceae
Genus: Sporopodium
Species: Sporopodium podosphaera

Name

Sporopodium podosphaera Lücking & R. Sant., 2002

Diagnosis: Sicut Sporopodio xantholeuco sed thallo viride-cinereo et conidiis 1-septatis differt.

Typification Details: Holotype UPS, Hughes 416

Host-Substratum/Locality: On leaves of Newbouldia laevis: Ghana

Type: GHANA (former Gold Coast). Aburi, foliicolous on Newbouldia laevis, 5.5 1949, Hughes 416 (UPS, holotype!) ** Sporopodium sp. in Santesson, Symb. Bot. Ups. 12(1): 40. 1952 ** Pyrenotrichum 'podosphaera' R. Sant., Symb. Bot. Ups. 12(1): 41. 1952; nom. inval., ICBN Art. 32, 36-37.

References

• Lücking & R. Sant., Bryologist 105(1): 60 (2002)

• Lücking, R. and Santesson, R. (2002) On the identity of Pyrenotrichum 'atrocyaneum' , P. 'mirum' , and P. 'podosphaera' , campylidia of lichenized Ascomycota (Lecanorales: Ectolechiaceae). - The Bryologist 105(1): 57–62.   (RLL List # 186 / Rec. # 22969 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Black-and-white photos of habit: p. 60, Fig. 1) (Schematic sketch of campylidial anatomy: p. 61, Fig. 2)

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank