Sphaerellothecium aerophilum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Sphaerellothecium
Species: Sphaerellothecium aerophilum

Name

Sphaerellothecium aerophilum

Substratum: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Diagnosis: Fungus lichenicola parasymbioticus. Mycelium e hyphiis aeriis, saepe ramosis, raro anastomosantibus, raro cum matrice conjunctis compositum. Ascomata aeria, circiter 75 µm. Hamathecium deest. Asci late ellipsoides, I-, quatrospori. Ascosporae uniseptatae, ellipsoides, fuscae, 27-32 x 7-9 µm.

Type: CANADA. British Columbia. Vancouver Island, Bamfield Marine Station, on epiphytic Alectoria sarmentosa, Aug. 30 1994, Alstrup C2120 (holotype, MIN; isotype, C)

Etymology: Specific epithet refers to the completely free ascomata and free mycelium.

References

• Alstrup & M.S. Cole, Bryologist 101(2): 224 (1998)

• Alstrup, V. and Cole, M.S. (1998) Lichenicolous fungi of British Columbia. - The Bryologist 101(2): 221–229.   **[RLL List # 171 / Rec.# 496] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR) (Discussion of Echinothecium aerophilum: p. 224; diagram of ascospores: p. 223, fig. 3)

Links

• Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2010) Lichenicolous fungi – worldwide checklist, including isolated cultures and sequences available. Internet (1/12/2011)

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

• Echinothecium aerophilum in Index Fungorum.

• Echinothecium aerophilum in MycoBank.