Roselliniopsis tartaricola

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Sordariomycetes
Subclassis: Sordariomycetidae
Ordo: Sordariales
Genus: Roselliniopsis
Species: Roselliniopsis tartaricola

Name

Roselliniopsis tartaricola (Leight.) Matzer, 1993

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: On Ochrolechia tartarea, Pertusaria hemisphaerica and Pertusaria pupillaris

Hosts (Sonoran region): Pertusaria wulfenioides, and Pertusaria sp.

World distribution: The Northern Hemisphere, widely distributed in Europe, Africa (Canary Islands), and North America (U.S.A. and Mexico)

Basionym

• Sphaeria tartaricola Nyl. ex Leight., 1871

Synonymy

• Synaptospora tartaricola (Nyl. ex Leight.) Cain, 1957

References

Primary

• Matzer, Cryptog. Mycol. 14(1): 16 (1993)

• Matzer, M. (1993) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Ascomycetengattungen Globosphaeria, Roselliniopsis und Synaptospora. - Cryptogamie, Mycologie 14(1): 11–19.   **[RLL List # 154 / Rec.# 12502] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

Secondary

• Hafellner, J. (2004) Roselliniopsis (pp. 688-689) 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.# 26018] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Roselliniopsis tartaricola: pp. 688-689)

• 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)

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

Links

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank