Carbonea vitellaria is a species of lichenicolous fungus belonging to the family Lecanoraceae.[1] It has a worldwide distribution. In Iceland it has been reported growing on Candelariella vitellina near Egilsstaðir[2] and on King George Island, Antarctica.[3]

Carbonea vitellinaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Lecanoraceae
Genus: Carbonea
Species:
C. vitellinaria
Binomial name
Carbonea vitellinaria
(Nyl.) Hertel (1983)
Synonyms
  • Lecidea imponens Leight. (1878)
  • Lecidea vitellinaria Nyl. (1852)
  • Nesolechia vitellinaria (Nyl.) Rehm (1890)
  • Lecidella vitellinaria (Nyl.) Kremp. (1861)

References edit

  1. ^ "Carbonea vitellinaria (Nyl.) Hertel". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. ^ Brackel, Wolfgang von (2011). "Lichenopeltella rangiferinae sp. nov. and some other lichenicolous fungi from Iceland" (PDF). Acta Botanica Islandica. 15: 51–60.
  3. ^ Alstrup, V.; Olech, M.; Wietrzyk-Pelka, P.; Wegrzyn, M. H. (2018). "The lichenicolous fungi of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: species diversity and identification guide". Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae. 87 (4): 3607. doi:10.5586/asbp.3607.