Muellerella ventosicola

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
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 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Brackel, Wolfgang von (2008). "Phoma ficuzzae sp. nov. and some other lichenicolous fungi from Sicily, Italy". Sauteria. 15: 103–120.
  2. ^ a b Brackel, Wolfgang von (2011). "Lichenopeltella rangiferinae sp. nov. and some other lichenicolous fungi from Iceland" (PDF). Acta Botanica Islandica. 15: 51–60.
  3. ^ a b c d Nadyeina, Olga; Halici, Mahmet Gökhan (2011). "New lichenicolous fungi records for Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine". Mycotaxon. 118: 131–136. doi:10.5248/118.131.
  4. ^ a b Węgrzyn, Michał (2008). "New records of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from the Polish Tatra Mountains". Polish Botanical Journal. 53 (2): 163–168.