| Cercidospora stereocaulorum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Dothideales |
| Genus: | Cercidospora |
| Species: | C. stereocaulorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercidospora stereocaulorum | |
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Cercidospora stereocaulorum is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the genus Cercidospora but it has not been assigned to a family. [1] It is known to parasitise lichens of the genus Stereocaulon . [2]
Cercidospora stereocaulorum is very similar to Cercidospora punctillata and Cercidospora decolorella but they can be told apart from their spore biology and their host species. Cercidospora punctillata grows on various lichens, most commonly Solorina crocea and species of Peltigera . while Cercidospora decolorella grows on mosses. Cercidospora alpina also grows on species of Stereocaulon and can therefore be confused with Cercidospora stereocaulorum. [2]
Cercidospora stereocaulorum has been reported from Alaska, [2] Canada, [2] Greenland, [2] Iceland, [3] Russia, [2] including Wrangel Island [2] and Svalbard. [2]
It grows on phyllocladia, stems and occasionally cephalodia and old apothecia of its host species. It can induce gall-like swellings up to 1.5 mm in diamerter and the infected host tissues can become pinkish or slightly bleached. Infection does not induce any other known symptoms. [2]
Host species include:
Stereocaulon incrustatum is a species of snow lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae, which is typically found on its stems and can produce galls.
Stereocaulon paschale is a species of lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae.
Stereocaulon alpinum is a species of fungus belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae. It is similar to Stereocaulon paschale but differs from it in containing cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc while S. paschale contains cyanobacteria of the genus Stigonema, which have a darker colour than Nostoc.
Stereocaulon vesuvianum is a species of snow lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae.
Stereocaulon tomentosum is a species of snow lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae.
Stereocaulon saxatile is a species of snow lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae.
Stereocaulon symphycheilum is a species of snow lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae.
Stereocaulon subcoralloides is a species of snow lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae.
Stereocaulon botryosum is a species of snow lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae.
Stereocaulon glareosum is a species of snow lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae.
Stereocaulon intermedium is a species of snow lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae.
Stereocaulon depressum is a species of snow lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae.
Stereocaulon rivulorum is a species of snow lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae.
Stereocaulon grande is a species of snow lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae.
Stereocaulon groenlandicum is a species of snow lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae.
Lichenopeltella stereocaulorum is a species of lichenicolous fungus belonging to the class Dothideomycetes. It was described in 2010 from an infected specimen of Stereocaulon botryosum.
Sphaerellothecium stereocaulorum is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the Phyllachoraceae family.
Cladonia pocillum is a species of lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. Swedish botanist Erik Acharius first formally described the species in 1803 as Baeomyces pocillum, but Olivier Jules Richard transferred it to the genus Cladonia in 1877.
Arthonia stereocaulina is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Arthoniaceae.
Scutula stereocaulorum is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Ramalinaceae.