Abrothallus halei

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 halei

Name

Abrothallus halei Pérez-Ortega, Suija, D. Hawksw. & R. Sant., 2011

MycoBank: MB 518660

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: On Lobaria quercizans and Lobaria pulmonaria

Etymology: The name was chosen based on the herbarium designation Abrothallus halei (as ‘A. haleii’ R. Sant. nom. prov.) coined but not published by R. Santesson

References

• Suija, A.; Pérez-Ortega, S. and Hawksworth, D.L. (2011) Abrothallus halei (Ascomycota, incertae sedis), a new lichenicolous fungus on Lobaria species in Europe and North America. The Lichenologist 43 (1): 51–55.   **[RLL List # xx / Rec.# 32779] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (DOI: 10.1017/S002428291000054X)

Links

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank