Monodictys cellulosa

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Dothideomycetes
Genus: Monodictys
Species: Monodictys cellulosa

Name

Monodictys cellulosa S. Hughes, 1958

Anamorphic Ascomycota

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Host: On various crustose, corticolous lichens

Synonymy

• Lepraria nigra Turner & Borrer ex Sm., in Smith & Sowerby, Engl. Bot. 34: tab. 2409 (1812)

References

Primary references

• S. Hughes, Can. J. Bot. 36: 786 (1958)

• Hughes, S.J. (1958) Revisiones Hyphomycetum Aliquot cum Appendice de Nominibus Rejiciendis. Canadian Journal of Botany 36(6): 727–836. (doi:10.1139/b58-067)

Selected reference

• 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)

• Monodictys cellulosa in Index Fungorum.

• Monodictys cellulosa in MycoBank.