Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Lichenostigmatales |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Phaeococcomycetaceae
Genus: Lichenostigma
Species: Lichenostigma saxicola
Name
Lichenostigma saxicola K. Knudsen & Kocourk., 2010
Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (pathogenic on lichens)
Subgenus: Lichenostigma
Diagnosis: Fungus sive saxicola sive lichenicola, hyphae vegetative superficiales desunt, ascomata superficialia, stolonibus instructa, cellulis interioribus ascomatum fuscis, I-, ascosporae 1-septate, nigrofuscae, maturitatae verruculosae, 10.0-10.77-11.5(-12.0) x 5-5.53-6.0 µm.
Type: U.S.A. California: San Diego County, Henderson Canyon, Anza Borrego State Park, north facing slope, 33o 18' 35" N, 116o 25' 21" W, 427 m, on granite and on apothecia of Polysporina simplex, March 15, 2008, Knudsen 9242 with Tom Chester & Wayne P. Armstrong (Holotype: UCR; isotype: PRM 859188)
Ecology and substrate: On granite rocks and sandstone in washes and drainages and lichenicolous on adjoining lichens (On Polysporina simplex, Acarospora strigata, Lobothallia radiosa, Thelomma santessonii, Buellia badia)
Distribution: Known from western North America in southern California, in the Anza-Borrego Desert and Hot Spring Mountain in San Diego County, in the Granite Mountains and coastal Santa Monica Mountains
References
- K. Knudsen & Kocourk., Bryologist 113(2): 230 (2010)
- Knudsen, K. and Kocourkova, J. (2010) A new species of Lichenostigma species (Genus incertae sedis) from southern California. The Bryologist 113(2): 229–234. (Abstract & references) (Black-and-white photos of Lichenostigma saxicola: p. 231, figs. 1A-1F)
Links
- Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2010) Lichenicolous fungi – worldwide checklist, including isolated cultures and sequences available. Internet (1/12/2011)