Sphaerellothecium araneosum

Sphaerellothecium araneosum is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Phyllachoraceae.[1]

Sphaerellothecium araneosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Phyllachorales
Family: Phyllachoraceae
Genus: Sphaerellothecium
Species:
S. araneosum
Binomial name
Sphaerellothecium araneosum
(Rehm ex Arnold) Zopf (1897)
Synonyms
  • Discothecium araneosum (Rehm ex Arnold) Vouaux
  • Echinothecium glabrum M.S.Christ., Alstrup & D.Hawksw.
  • Endococcus araneosus (Rehm ex Arnold) H.Olivier
  • Epicymatia araneosa (Rehm ex Arnold) Sacc.
  • Mycosphaerella araneosa (Rehm ex Arnold) Lindau
  • Phaeosphaerella araneosa (Rehm ex Arnold) Sacc. & D.Sacc.
  • Sphaerella araneosa Rehm
  • Sphaerella araneosa Rehm ex Arnold

Distribution

edit

Sphaerellothecium araneosum has been reported from the highlands of Iceland[2] and the Arctic desert of Severnaya Zemlya in Russia.[3]

Host species and symptoms

edit

Sphaerellothecium araneosum commonly grows on species of Ochrolechia, such as Ochrolechia frigida[2] but it also grows on Stereocaulon rivulorum and Stereocaulon vesuvianum, on which it causes no known symptoms.[3] It is common in Cladonia pocillum and Cladonia symphycarpia, and less common but present in Cladonia coccifera, Cladonia gracilis, Cladonia macroceras, Cladonia pyxidata and Cladonia subcervicornis. The population infecting Cladonia is considered a separate variety from other Sphaerellothecium araneosum.[4]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Sphaerellothecium araneosum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b Svane, Svanhildur Jónsdóttir; Alstrup, Vagn (2004). "Some lichenicolous fungi from Iceland" (PDF). Acta Botanica Islandica. 14: 53–58.
  3. ^ a b Zhurbenko, Mikhail P. (2010). "Lichenicolous fungi and lichens growing on Stereocaulon from the Holarctic, with a key to the known species" (PDF). Opuscula Philolichenum. 8: 9–39.
  4. ^ Zhurbenko, Mikhail P.; Alstrup, Vagn (2004). "Lichenicolous fungi on Cladonia mainly from the Arctic" (PDF). Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses. 34 (1): 477–499.