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Stereocaulon incrustatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Stereocaulaceae
Genus:	Stereocaulon
Species:	S. incrustatum
Binomial name
Stereocaulon incrustatum Flörke (1819)

Stereocaulon incrustatum is a species of snow lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae, which is typically found on its stems and can produce galls.

Forms and varieties:

• Stereocaulon incrustatum f. gracile
• Stereocaulon incrustatum f. gracilis
• Stereocaulon incrustatum f. incrustatum
• Stereocaulon incrustatum var. abduanum
• Stereocaulon incrustatum var. elaturn
• Stereocaulon incrustatum var. incrustatum

Ecology

Stereocaulon incrustatum is a known host to the lichenicolous fungus species Rhymbocarpus stereocaulorum.

References

1. ^ "Stereocaulon incrustatum". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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.

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