Muellerella ventosicola

Muellerella ventosicola
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Verrucariales
Family:	Verrucariaceae
Genus:	Muellerella
Species:	M. ventosicola
Binomial name
	Muellerella ventosicola; (Mudd) D. Hawksw. (2003)
Synonyms
	Mycoporum pygmaeum var. ventosicola (Mudd) Jatta; Microthelia ventosicola Mudd; Tichothecium pygmaeum var. ventosicola (Mudd) G. Winter; Pyrenula ventosicola (Mudd) Willey; Verrucaria ventosicola (Mudd) Leight.; Muellerella pygmaea var. ventosicola (Mudd) Triebel;

Muellerella ventosicola is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Verrucariaceae. It shows preference to growing on species of the genus Rhizocarpon but can also associate with other genera.^[1] Muellerella ventosicola has been reported growing on Rhizocarpon geographicum in Iceland,^[2] Sicily^[1] and in Ukraine,^[3] on Rhizocarpon grande in Ukraine^[3] and an unknown Rhizocarpon species in the Tatra Mountains of Poland.^[4] It has also been reported on the genera Ophioparma and Protoparmelia.^[3]

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