Spirographa fusisporella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ostropales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Ostropomycetidae Ordo: Ostropales

Familia: Spirographaceae
Genus: Spirographa
Species: Spirographa fusisporella

Name

Spirographa fusisporella (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 1(1*): 96 (1903) [‘1907’]. [MycoBank #448854]

Life habit: Lichenicolous, commensalistic, non-lichenized.

Ascomata: Initially immersed in the host thallus or apothecia.

Hosts: Fuscidea, Graphis, Haematomma, Lecanora, Lobaria, Melanelia, Ochrolechia, Parmelina, Peltigera, Pertusaria, Phlyctis, Platismatia, Porpidia, Pseudocyphellaria, Rinodina and Xylographa   (Source: Diederich, 2004)

Host (Australian Checklist of Lichenicolous Fungi): Haematomma africanum

Distribution: North and South America, Europe, and Australia.

Basionym

• Graphis fusisporella Nyl., Flora [Regensburg] 49(19): 292 (1866). [MycoBank #385809]

Homotypic synonym

• Graphinella fusisporella (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univers. 2: 285 (1923). [MycoBank #385500]

Heterotypic synonyms

• Opegrapha spiralis Müll.Arg., Flora [Regensburg] 63(3): 43 (1880). [MycoBank #396684]

• Spirographa spiralis (Müll.Arg.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univers. 2: 267 (1923). [MycoBank #405572]

• Lecidea multifera J.A.Martind., Westmoreland Note Book & Natural Hist. Record 1: 180 (1889). [MycoBank #530458]

• Melaspilea vermifera Leight., 1875
• Mycobacidia vermifera (Leight.) Vouaux
• Spilomela vermifera (Leight.) Keissl., 1919

References

• Müller, J. 1880. Lichenologische Beiträge. X. Flora oder allgemeine botanische Zeitung, herausgegeben von der königl. bayer. botanischen Gesellschaft in Regensburg 63(2): 17–24, 63(3): 40–45. BHL BHL Reference page. 

• Nylander, W. 1866. Collectio Lichenum ex insula Cuba. Flora oder allgemeine botanische Zeitung, herausgegeben von der königl. bayer. botanischen Gesellschaft in Regensburg 49(19): 289–295. Mattick Rec.# 29130 – Recent Literature on Lichens BHL Reference page. 

• Zahlbruckner, A. 1903–1908 [1907]. Lichenes (Flechten). B. Specieller Teil. In Engler & Prantl, Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten insbesondere den Nutzpflanzen, unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher hervorragender Fachgelehrten begründet von A. Engler und K. Prantl fortgesetzt von A. Engler. 1(1*): 49–96 (1903); 97–144 (1905); 145–192 (1906); 193–249 (1908). Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

• Zahlbruckner, A. 1922–1924. Catalogus Lichenum Universalis. 2: 1–815. Verlag von Gebrüder Borntraeger, Leipzig. Cyberliber Reference page. 

• Alstrup, V. and Cole, M.S. (1998) Lichenicolous fungi of British Columbia. The Bryologist 101: 221–229.   **[RLL List # 171 / Rec.# 496] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** JSTOR) (Spirographa fusisporella on Platismatia glauca: p. 227)

• Diederich, P. (2004) Spirographa (pp. 702-703) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Diederich, P., Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 26026] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of Spirographa fusisporella: pp. 702-703)

• Hawksworth, D.L. (1980) Notes on British lichenicolous fungi: III. - Notes from the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh 38: 165–183.   **[RLL List # 109-32 / Rec.# 8004] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Illustration of Spirographa fusisporella: p. 175)

• Holien, H. and Triebel, D. (1996) Spirographa vinosa, a new odontotremoid fungus on Ochrolechia and Pertusaria. - Lichenologist 28(4): 307–313.   **[RLL List # 164 / Rec.# 8643] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (doi:10.1017/S0024282996000412)

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

Links

• Index Fungorum: IF 448854
• MycoBank: MB 448854
• Cornutispora ciliata in GBIF

• North American Lichen Checklist
• Checklist of Australian Lichenicolous Fungi
• Checklist of Lichens and Allied Fungi of Japan (2018)