Dactylospora borealis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sclerococcales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Eurotiomycetes Subclassis: Sclerococcomycetidae Ordo: Sclerococcales

Familia: Dactylosporaceae
Genus: Dactylospora
Species: Dactylospora borealis

Name

Dactylospora borealis Holien & Ihlen, 2004

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Type: Norway. Nord-Trøndelag. Overalla, W of Foss.

Hosts: In Scandinavia on thalli of Mycoblastus affinis (Schaer.) T.Schauer and Mycoblastus sanguinarius (L.) Norman, and rarely on Japewia tornoënsis (Nyl.) Tønsberg, Loxospora elatina (Ach.) A.Massal., and Ochrolechia androgyna (Hoffm.) Arnold.

References

• Ihlen, P.G.; Holien, H. and Tønsberg, T. (2004) Two new species of Dactylospora (Dactylosporaceae, Lecanorales), with a key to the known species in Scandinavia. The Bryologist 107(3): 357–362.   (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 25798 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Description of Dactylospora borealis: pp. 359-361; black-and-white photos: p. 360, fig. 2A, on Mycoblastus affinis; fig. 2B, section of ascoma; fig. 2C, paraphyses; fig. 2D, ascospores)

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank