Athelia epiphylla

Athelia epiphylla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Atheliales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Basidiomycota Subdivisio: Agaricomycotina Classis: Agaricomycetes Subclassis: Agaricomycetidae Ordo: Atheliales

Familia: Atheliaceae
Genus: Athelia
Species: Athelia epiphylla

Name

Athelia epiphylla Pers., 1822

Life habit: Facultative lichenicolous

Saprophytic fungus: Fungus related to either lichens or lichenicolous fungi

Synonyms

• Asterostromella epiphylla (Pers.) Höhn. & Litsch., Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl., Abt. 1 116: 773 (1907) [1906]
• Corticium epiphyllum Sacc., Michelia 1(no. 1): 6 (1877)
• Hypochnus epiphyllus (Pers.) Wallr., Fl. crypt. Germ. (Nürnberg) 2: 310 (1833)
• Thelephora epiphylla (Pers.) Fr., Elench. fung. (Greifswald) 1: 226 (1828)

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References

Primary references

• Pers., Mycol. eur. (Erlanga) 1: 84 (1822)

• Persoon, C.H. 1818: Traité sur les Champignons Comestibles. :1-276

References

• Poelt, J. and Julich, W. (1969) Uber die Beziehungen zweier corticoider Basidiomyceten zu Algen. - Österreich. Bot. Zeitschr. 116: 400–410.   **[RLL List # 75 / Rec.# 14741] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

• Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2003) Lichenicolous fungi: interactions, evolution, and biodiversity. - The Bryologist 106(1): 81–120.   **[RLL List # 190 / Rec.# 24248] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR) (PDF file)

Links

• Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2011) Lichenicolous fungi – worldwide checklist, including isolated cultures and sequences available. - http://www.lichenicolous.net (4/10/2011)

• Athelia epiphylla in United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, PLANTS Database.

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

• Athelia epiphylla in Index Fungorum.

• Athelia epiphylla in MycoBank.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Weißer Rindenpilz
English: Athelia fungus
Nederlands: Gewoon vliesje