Trichosphaerella buckii

Trichosphaerella buckii is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Niessliaceae. It was described as a new species in 2016 by Richard Harris and James Lendemer. The type was found growing immersed in a moribund thallus of the lichen Punctelia rudecta, which itself was on the trunk of a maple tree. This tree was in the Alligator River Game Land, in the Coastal Plain region of eastern North Carolina. Although at the time of publication the fungus was known only from the type locality, it was suspected to have a larger distribution, considering its lichen host has a widespread North American distribution.[1]

Trichosphaerella buckii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Niessliaceae
Genus: Trichosphaerella
Species:
T. buckii
Binomial name
Trichosphaerella buckii
R.C.Harris & Lendemer (2016)

References

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  1. ^ Lendemer, James C.; Harris, Richard C.; Ruiz, Ana Marie (2016). "A Review of the Lichens of the Dare Regional Biodiversity Hotspot in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain of North Carolina, eastern North America". Castanea. 81: 43. doi:10.2179/15-073R2.