Merismatium coccisporum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: –
Genus: Merismatium
Species: Merismatium coccisporum

Name

Merismatium coccisporum (Norman) Vouaux

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: On Amygdalaria, Euopsis

Basionym

• Endococcus coccisporus Norman, 1868

References

Links

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

• Merismatium coccisporum in United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, PLANTS Database.

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

• Merismatium coccisporum in Index Fungorum.

• Merismatium coccisporum in MycoBank.

Vernacular names

English: Merismatium lichen