Sphaerellothecium araneosum

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Sphaerellothecium araneosum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Phyllachorales
Family: Phyllachoraceae
Genus: Sphaerellothecium
Species:
S. araneosum
Binomial name
Sphaerellothecium araneosum
(Rehm ex Arnold) Zopf (1897)
Synonyms
  • Discothecium araneosum(Rehm ex Arnold) Vouaux
  • Echinothecium glabrumM.S.Christ., Alstrup & D.Hawksw.
  • Endococcus araneosus(Rehm ex Arnold) H.Olivier
  • Epicymatia araneosa(Rehm ex Arnold) Sacc.
  • Mycosphaerella araneosa(Rehm ex Arnold) Lindau
  • Phaeosphaerella araneosa(Rehm ex Arnold) Sacc. & D.Sacc.
  • Sphaerella araneosaRehm
  • Sphaerella araneosaRehm ex Arnold

Sphaerellothecium araneosum is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Phyllachoraceae. [1]

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Distribution

Sphaerellothecium araneosum has been reported from the highlands of Iceland [2] and the Arctic desert of Severnaya Zemlya in Russia. [3]

Host species and symptoms

Sphaerellothecium araneosum commonly grows on species of Ochrolechia , such as Ochrolechia frigida [2] but it also grows on Stereocaulon rivulorum and Stereocaulon vesuvianum , on which it causes no known symptoms. [3] It is common in Cladonia pocillum and Cladonia symphycarpia , and less common but present in Cladonia coccifera , Cladonia gracilis , Cladonia macroceras , Cladonia pyxidata and Cladonia subcervicornis . The population infecting Cladonia is considered a separate variety from other Sphaerellothecium araneosum. [4]

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References

  1. "Sphaerellothecium araneosum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 Svane, Svanhildur Jónsdóttir; Alstrup, Vagn (2004). "Some lichenicolous fungi from Iceland" (PDF). Acta Botanica Islandica . 14: 53–58.
  3. 1 2 Zhurbenko, Mikhail P. (2010). "Lichenicolous fungi and lichens growing on Stereocaulon from the Holarctic, with a key to the known species" (PDF). Opuscula Philolichenum. 8: 9–39.
  4. Zhurbenko, Mikhail P.; Alstrup, Vagn (2004). "Lichenicolous fungi on Cladonia mainly from the Arctic" (PDF). Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses. 34 (1): 477–499.