Stigmidium hesperium

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Stigmidium
Species: Stigmidium hesperium

Name

Stigmidium hesperium Kocourk., K. Knudsen & Diederich, 2009

MycoBank MB513340

Type: U.S.A.: CALIFORNIA, Monterey Co., along the coast S of Asilomar, China Rock, alt. 5 m a.s., saxicolous, on coastal rock, on Caloplaca coralloides, 19 July 2008, coll. P. Diederich 16787 & D. Ertz (BR, holotype; PRM 915594, hb. Diederich, isotypes; other isotypes are planned to be distributed in Hafellner, Lichenicolous Biota).

Etymology. The name, which means “western”, refers to the region where the species was originally discovered in the western North America in the United States and Mexico.

Substrate and ecology: On apothecia and thallus of Caloplaca coralloides (Tuck.) Hulting, Caloplaca rosei Hasse, Caloplaca texana Wetmore & Kärnefelt, and an undetermined Caloplaca species in Mexico.

References

• Kocourková, J. and Knudsen, K. (2009) A new species of Stigmidium (Mycosphaerellaceae, Ascomycetes) from western North America. Czech Mycol. 61(1): 73–80.   **[RLL List # 217 / Rec.# 31070] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (PDF file) (Color photos of Stigmidium hesperium: p. 77, figs. 1-7)

Links

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank