Ovicuculispora parmeliae

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Ovicuculispora parmeliae
Nectriopsis parmeliae (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) M.S. Cole & D. Hawksw 691254.jpg
Ovicuculispora parmeliae (pinkish-orange colour) parasitising a species of Physcia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Bionectriaceae
Genus: Ovicuculispora
Species:
O. parmeliae
Binomial name
Ovicuculispora parmeliae
(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Etayo (2010)
Synonyms [1]
  • Diplodia parmeliaeBerk. & M.A.Curtis (1874)
  • Diplodina parmeliae(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Sacc. (1884)
  • Nectria parmeliae(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) D.Hawksw. (1981)
  • Nectriopsis parmeliae(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) M.S.Cole & D.Hawksw. (2001)

Ovicuculispora parmeliae is a widely distributed species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Bionectriaceae. It is parasitic on many foliose lichen species, particularly those in the family Parmeliaceae.

Taxonomy

The fungus was first formally described as a new species by mycologists Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1874 as Diplodia parmeliae. [2] It was later placed in the genera Nectria by David L. Hawksworth in 1981, [3] and then Nectriopsis by Mariette Cole and Hawksworth in 2001. [4] In 2010, Javier Etayo circumscribed the new genus Ovicuculispora , and assigned O. parmeliae as the type species. [5]

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References

  1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Ovicuculispora parmeliae (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Etayo". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. Berkeley, M.J. (1875). "Notices of North American fungi". Grevillea. 3 (25): 1–17.
  3. Hawksworth, D.L. (1981). "The lichenicolous Coelomycetes". Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History. 9 (1): 1–98 (see p. 76).
  4. Cole, Mariette S.; Hawksworth, David L. (2001). "Lichenicolous fungi, mainly from the USA, including Patriciomyces gen. nov". Mycotaxon. 77: 305–338.
  5. Etayo, J. (2010). "Hongos liquenícolas de Perú Homenaje a Rolf Santesson". Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Provence (in Spanish). 61: 2–46.