Leptosphaerulina peltigerae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleosporineae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Dothideomycetes Subclassis: Pleosporomycetidae Ordo: Pleosporales Subordo: Pleosporineae

Familia: Didymellaceae
Genus: Leptosphaerulina
Species: Leptosphaerulina peltigerae

Name

Leptosphaerulina peltigerae (Fuckel) Riedl, 1969

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Basionym

• Pleospora peltigerae Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 23-24: 132 (1870) [1869-70]

References

Primary references

• Riedl, Sydowia 22(5-6): 399 (1969) [1968]

Selected reference

• Hawksworth, D.L. (1980) Notes on some fungi occurring on Peltigera, with a key to accepted species. - Transactions of the British Mycological Society 74: 363–386.   **[RLL List # 110-46 / Rec.# 8005] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(80)80167-7)

Links

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

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

• Leptosphaerulina peltigerae in Index Fungorum.

• Leptosphaerulina peltigerae in MycoBank.