Epicoccum nigrum

Taxonavigation

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

Epicoccum nigrum Link, 1815

Anamorphic Ascomycota

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: Facultative lichenicolous over various lichens

Epicoccum diversisporum f. pseudoplatani Allesch., Hedwigia 34: 290 (1895)
Epicoccum diversisporum var. pseudoplatani (Allesch.) Sacc. & Trotter, Syll. fung. (Abellini) 22: 1489 (1913)
Epicoccum purpurascens Ehrenb., Fl. berol., Pars sec.: Cryptog.: 136 (1818)
Epicoccum purpurascens f. tabaci Pass., Atti Soc. Crittogam. Ital. 3(1): 15 (1881)
Epicoccum versicolor var. nigrum (Link) Rabenh., Deutschl. Krypt.-Fl. (Leipzig) 1: 58 (1844)
Epicoccum versicolor var. purpurascens (Ehrenb.) Rabenh., Deutschl. Krypt.-Fl. (Leipzig) 1: 58 (1844)
Epicoccum vulgare Corda, Icon. fung. (Prague) 1: 5 (1837)
Phoma epicoccina Punith., M.C. Tulloch & C.M. Leach, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 59(2): 341 (1972)
Toruloidea tobaica Svilv., Archiv für Hydrobiologie 14(Suppl. 3): 519 (1936)

Link, H.F. 1816: Observationes in ordines plantarum naturales. 2. Magazin der Gesellschaft Naturforschenden Freunde Berlin. 8:25-45.

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)