Sphaerellothecium stereocaulorum

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

Sphaerellothecium stereocaulorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Phyllachorales
Family: Phyllachoraceae
Genus: Sphaerellothecium
Species:
S. stereocaulorum
Binomial name
Sphaerellothecium stereocaulorum
Zhurb. & Triebel (2008)

Distribution edit

Sphaerellothecium stereocaulorum has been found in Alaska, Canada and Greenland.[2]

Host species and symptoms edit

Sphaerellothecium stereocaulorum is known to infect the naked stems of Stereocaulon groenlandicum and Stereocaulon rivulorum.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Sphaerellothecium stereocaulorum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  2. ^ 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.