Muellerella hospitans

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Muellerella hospitans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Muellerella
Species:
M. hospitans
Binomial name
Muellerella hospitans
Stizenb. (1863)
Synonyms
  • Muellerella polyspora var. hospitans(Stizenb.) Keissl.
  • Muellerella polyspora var. microsporaFerr.

Muellerella hospitans is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Verrucariaceae. [1] It is known to infect the lichen Bacidia rubella . [2]

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References

  1. "Muellerella hospitans". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. Hawksworth, D.L. (1975). "Notes on British Lichenicolous Fungi, I". Kew Bulletin. 30 (1): 183–203. doi:10.2307/4102884.