Stereocaulon alpinum

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Stereocaulon alpinum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Stereocaulaceae
Genus: Stereocaulon
Species:
S. alpinum
Binomial name
Stereocaulon alpinum
Synonyms
  • Stereocaulon tomentosum var. alpinum(Laurer) Th. Fr.
  • Stereocaulon paschale var. alpinum(Laurer) Mudd

Stereocaulon alpinum is a species of fungus belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae. [1] 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. [2]

Ecology

Stereocaulon alpinum is a known host species to lichenicolous fungi, which are pathogenic or commensal species living on the surface or in the thallus of the lichen. These include:

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References

  1. ↑ "Stereocaulon alpinum Laurer". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Flóra Íslands [Flora of Iceland] (no year). Dílbreyskja - Stereocaulon paschale (in Icelandic). Retrieved on April 14th 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 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. ↑ Svane, Svanhildur Jónsdóttir; Alstrup, Vagn (2004). "Some lichenicolous fungi from Iceland" (PDF). Acta Botanica Islandica . 14: 53–58.
  5. 1 2 Helgi Hallgrímsson & Guðríður Gyða Eyjólfsdóttir (2004). Íslenskt sveppatal I - smásveppir [Checklist of Icelandic Fungi I - Microfungi. Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar. Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History]. ISSN 1027-832X
  6. ↑ Zhurbenko, Mikhail P.; Hafellner, Josef (1999). "Lichenicolous fungi from the Putorana plateau, Siberian Subarctic". Folia Cryptogamica Estonica. 34: 71–79.
  7. ↑ Berger, Franz (2000). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Flechten und lichenicolen Pilze Islands" (PDF). Acta Botanica Islandica (in German). 13: 69–82.
  8. ↑ Alstrup, Vagn; Grube, Martin; Motiejūnaitė, Jurga; Nordin, Anders; Zhurbenko, Mikhail (1008). "Lichenicolous fungi from the Skibotn area, Troms, Norway". Graphis scripta. 20: 1–8.


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