Xanthoriicola physciae

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Genus: Xanthoriicola
Species: Xanthoriicola physciae

Name

Xanthoriicola physciae (Kalchbr.) D. Hawksw., 1979

Anamorphic Ascomycota

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Host: On Xanthoria spp.

Basionym

• Gymnosporium physciae Kalchbr., 1865

Synonyms

• Coniosporium physciae (Kalchbr.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 4: 246 (1886)

• Gymnosporium physciae Kalchbr., Math. Természettud. Közl. Magg. Tudom. Akad. 3: 299 (1865)

References

• In Hawksworth & Punithalingam, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 61(1): 67 (1973)

• Hawksworth, D.L. and Punithalingam (1973) New and interesting microfungi from Slapton, South Devonshire: Deuteromycotina. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 61(1): 57–69. (doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(73)80088-9)

• Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2003) Lichenicolous fungi: interactions, evolution, and biodiversity. - The Bryologist 106(1): 81–120. (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) - Xanthoriicola physciae