Abrothallus parmeliarum

Abrothallus parmeliarum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Abrothallales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Dothideomycetes Subclassis: – (incertae sedis) Ordo: Abrothallales

Familia: Lichenoconiaceae
Genus: Abrothallus
Species: Abrothallus parmeliarum

Name

Abrothallus parmeliarum (Sommerf.) Nyl., 1869

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: Thallus and apothecia of Parmelia s. str.

Basionym: Lecidea parmeliarum Sommerf., Suppl. Fl. Lappon.: 176 (1826).

Synonyms

• Abrothallus parmeliarum (Sommerf.) Arnold, 1874

• Abrothallus smithii Tul., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3 17: 113 (1852)   (Source: Abrothallus smithii in Index Fungorum)

• Buellia parmeliarum (Sommerf.) Tuck., Synopsis N. Am. Lich 2: 106 (1888)

• Buelliella parmeliarum (Sommerf.) Fink, Lich. Fl. U.S.: 372 (1935)

• Lecidea parmeliarum Sommerf., Suppl. Fl. lapp. (Oslo): 176 (1826)

References

Primary

• Nyl., Bull. Soc. linn. Normandie, sér. 2 3: 12 (1869)

• Nylander, W. (1868) Note sur les lichens de Port-Natal. - Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Normandie 3: 4–15.   **[Mattick Rec.# 29148] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)**

• Arnold, Flora 57: 102 (1874)

• Arnold, F. (1874) Lichenologische Fragmente XVI. - Flora (Regensburg)\Flora 57: 81–89, 97-110, 137-144, 150-155, 173-175.   **[Mattick Rec.# 23137] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)** BHL)

Secondary

• Diederich, P. (2004) Abrothallus (pp. 626-630) 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.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 25981] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of A. parmeliarum: p. 628)

• Hertel, H. (1971) Uber holarktische Krustenflechten aus den venezuelanischen Anden. - Willdenowia 6: 225–272.   **[RLL List # 81 / Rec.# 8424] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Illustration of A. parmeliarum: p. 229)

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

Links

• McCarthy, P.M. (2010) [Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. Version 10 December 2010.] Checklist of Australian Lichenicolous Fungi

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#15) 27 Aug 2009 (Lichenicolous fungus -- parasite on living lichens)

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photo

• Lichens of Belgium, Luxenbourg and northern France - Photo of Abrothallus parmeliarum

Vernacular names

English: Parmelia abrothallus lichen