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Stereocaulon alpinum

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Species of fungus

Stereocaulon alpinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Stereocaulaceae
Genus: Stereocaulon
Species: S. alpinum
Binomial name
Stereocaulon alpinum
Laurer
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. 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.

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:

References

  1. "Stereocaulon alpinum Laurer". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. Flóra Íslands (no year). Dílbreyskja - Stereocaulon paschale (in Icelandic). Retrieved on April 14th 2021.
  3. ^ 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. ^ Helgi Hallgrímsson & Guðríður Gyða Eyjólfsdóttir (2004). Íslenskt sveppatal I - smásveppir . 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.
Taxon identifiers
Stereocaulon alpinum


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