Stereocaulon incrustatum

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Stereocaulon incrustatum
Scientific classification Edit this 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.[1] Forms and varieties:

  • Stereocaulon incrustatum f. gracile[1]
  • Stereocaulon incrustatum f. gracilis[1]
  • Stereocaulon incrustatum f. incrustatum[1]
  • Stereocaulon incrustatum var. abduanum[1]
  • Stereocaulon incrustatum var. elaturn[1]
  • Stereocaulon incrustatum var. incrustatum[1]

Ecology

Stereocaulon incrustatum is a known host to the lichenicolous fungus species Rhymbocarpus stereocaulorum.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "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.