Cyphobasidium usneicola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyphobasidiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Basidiomycota Subdivisio: Pucciniomycotina Classis: Cystobasidiomycetes Ordo: Cyphobasidiales

Familia: Cyphobasidiaceae
Genus: Cyphobasidium
Species: C. usneicola

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: On thalli of Usnea species, inducing the formation of typical rounded galls.

Locality: Canada (British Columbia).

Typification Details: Holotype C, Alstrup 22111

Note: Cystobasidium usneicola can easily be confused with Biatoropsis usnearum, as they grow on the same host genus, and induce the formation of similar galls. (Diedrich, 2004)

Name

Cyphobasidium usneicola Millanes, Diederich & Wedin, 2016

Synonyms

• Cystobasidium usneicola Diederich & Alstrup, 1996

References

• Millanes, A.M., Diederich, P. & Wedin, M. 2015. Cyphobasidium gen. nov., a new lichen-inhabiting lineage in the Cystobasidiomycetes (Pucciniomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi). Fungal Biology 120(11):1468–1477. DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2015.12.003 [1]

Links

• Index Fungorum: IF 815653