Phacopsis vulpina

Phacopsis vulpina
Phacopsis vulpina galls on Letharia spp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Phacopsis
Species:	P. vulpina
Binomial name
Phacopsis vulpina Tul. (1852)
Synonyms [1]
Agyrium vulpinum(Tul.) H.Olivier (1906)

Phacopsis vulpina is a species of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungus in the family Parmeliaceae, and the type species of the genus Phacopsis . It was formally described as a new species in 1852 by French mycologist Edmond Tulasne. ^[2] The fungus is restricted to the genus Letharia as a host and consequently has a Northern Hemisphere distribution. Externally, it is somewhat similar in appearance to P. lethariellae , but P. vulpina does not have a brown hypothecium (the area of tissue in the apothecium immediately below the subhymenium). ^[3]

References

1. "Synonymy. Current Name: Phacopsis vulpina Tul., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3 17: 126 (1852)". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 22 July 2022.
2. Tulasne, L.-R. (1852). "Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire organographique et physiologique des Lichens". Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique. Série 3 (in Latin). 17: 124.
3. Triebel, Dagmar; Rambold, Gerhard; Elix, John A. (1995). "A conspectus of the genus Phacopsis (Lecanorales)". The Bryologist. 98 (1): 71–83. doi:10.2307/3243643. JSTOR   3243643.