Vouauxiella lichenicola

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Genus: Vouauxiella
Species: Vouauxiella lichenicola

Name

Vouauxiella lichenicola (Lindsay) Petrak & H. Sydow,

Anamorphic Ascomycota

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Host: On Lecanora spp.

Basionym

• Torula lichenicola Linds., 1869

Synonyms

• Sirothecium lichenicola (Linds.) Keissl., Lich. Brit. 60: 56 (1910)
• Torula lichenicola Linds., Trans. R. Soc. Edinb. 25: 515 (1869)

References

Primary

• Petr. & Syd., Feddes Repert., Beih. 42: 484 (1927)

• Petrak, F.; Sydow, H. (1926, publ. 1927). Die Gattungen der Pyrenomyzeten, Sphaeropsideen und Melanconieen. I. Der phaeosporen Sphaeropsideen und die Gattung Macrophoma. Feddes Repertorium Speciarum Novarum Regni Vegetabilum Beihefte 42 (1): 1–551.

Secondary

• 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)

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Vouauxiella lichenicola