Tremella nashii
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Tremellaceae
Genus: Tremella
Species: Tremella nashii
Name
[edit]Tremella nashii Diederich, 2007
Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)
Type: USA. Arizona. Apache Co.: White Mountains, Apache National Forest, Mount Baldy Wilderness, near beginning of trail 94; on Usnea sorediifera; Holotype ASU, Nash 41941.
Basidiomata: Waxy-gelatinous, very pale to sometimes dark brown.
Hosts: On thalli of Usnea spp., especially Usnea hirta and Usnea sorediifera
Locations: Known from Arizona in the USA, and Norway.
Etymology: Named after Prof. Thomas Hawkes Nash III, main editor of Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region.
References
[edit]Primary
[edit]- Diederich, Opuscula Philolichenum 4: 15 (2007)
- Diederich, P. (2007) New or interesting lichenicolous heterobasidiomycetes. Opuscula Philolichenum 4: 11–22. **[RLL List # 207 / Rec.# 28558] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Web site) (Description of Tremella nashii: pp. 15-16; black-and-white photos: p. 14; diagrams of basidia, basidiospores, and hypha: p. 14, fig. 4A-D)
Secondary
[edit]- Diederich, P. (2007) Tremella (pp. 405-407) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages. **[RLL List # 210 / Rec.# 29939] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**
- 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
[edit]- Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2011) Lichenicolous fungi – worldwide checklist, including isolated cultures and sequences available. - http://www.lichenicolous.net (4/10/2011)