Athelia arachnoidea

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Subphylum: Agaricomycotina
Classis: Agaricomycetes
Subclassis: Agaricomycetidae
Ordo: Atheliales
Familia: Atheliaceae
Genus: Athelia
Species: Athelia arachnoidea

Name

Athelia arachnoidea (Berk.) Jülich, 1972

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Anamorph: Fibularhizoctonia carotae (Rader) G.C. Adams & Kropp, Mycologia 88: 464.

Hosts: On epiphytic lichens and algae; in the Sonora area over the thallus of Physcia aipolia

World distribution: Europe, northern Africa (Tunisia), North America

Basionym

• Corticium arachnoideum Berk., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 13: 345 (1844)

Synonyms

• Athelia bispora (J. Schröt.) Donk, Fungus, Wageningen 27: 12 (1957)
• Athelia epiphylla var. arachnoidea (Berk.) Krieglst., Beitr. Kenntn. Pilze Mitteleur. 12: 40 (1999)
• Corticium arachnoideum Berk., Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 1 13: 345 (1844)
• Corticium bisporum (J. Schröt.) Bourdot & Galzin, Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 27(2): 241 (1911)
• Corticium centrifugum subsp. bisporum (J. Schröt.) Bourdot & Galzin, Hyménomyc. de France (Sceaux): 199 (1928)
• Hypochnus bisporus J. Schröt., in Cohn, Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien (Breslau) 3.1(25–32): 415 (1888) [1889]
• Terana arachnoidea (Berk.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 2: 872 (1891)

References

• Jülich, Willdenowia, Beih. 7: 53 (1972) (Illustration of Athelia arachnoidea: p. 56)

• Diederich, P. (2004) Athelia (p. 632) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages. (Discussion of Athelia arachnoides: p. 632)

• Hafellner, J.; Triebel, D.; Ryan, B.D. and Nash, T.H., III. (2002) On lichenicolous fungi from North America. II. - Mycotaxon 84: 293-329. (Recent Literature on Lichens) (Full article)

• 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)

• Parmasto, E. (1998) Athelia arachnoidea, a lichenicolous basidiomycete in Estonia [Parasiitnahkis (Athelia arachnoidea), samblikel kasvav kandseen Eestis]. - Folia Cryptogamica Estonica 32: 63-66. (Recent Literature on Lichens) (Web site) (Illustration of Athelia arachnoidea: p. 65)

• Checklist of British Lichens

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#16) 18 June 2010.

• Index Fungorum

Links to photos

• Lichens of Belgium, Luxembourg and northern France (Lichenology Info) - Athelia arachnoidea