Stigmidium epistigmellum
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Mycosphaerellales |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Stigmidium
Species: Stigmidium epistigmellum
Name
[edit]Stigmidium epistigmellum (Nyl. ex Vouaux) Kocourk. & K. Knudsen, 2009
Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)
Substrate and ecology: On thalli and apothecia of maritime species (Caloplaca bolacina, Caloplaca luteominia, Caloplaca ludificans, Caloplaca rosei) on sandstone, granite, shale and volcanic rock
Distribution: Along coast of western North America from Mexico (Baja Sur) to central California (San Luis Obispo County) and on Guadalupe Island (Mexico) and the Channel Islands (U.S.A., California) at elevations from just above sea level to 360 m on Santa Rosa Island.
- Basionym
- Pharcidia epistigmella Nyl.
References
[edit]- Kocourk. & K. Knudsen, Bryologist 112(3): 579 (2009)
- Kocourková, J. and Knudsen, K. (2009) Stigmidium epistigmellum (Mycosphaerellaceae), a lichenicolous fungus from maritime Caloplaca in North America. The Bryologist 112(3): 578–583. **[RLL List # 216 / Rec.# 31068] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-112.3.578) (Color photos of Stigmidium epistigmellum: p. 580, fig. 1, A-H)