Biology:Lichenostigma cosmopolites
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Short description: Species of fungus in the family Phaeococcomycetaceae
| Lichenostigma cosmopolites | |
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| Lichenostigma cosmopolites growing on the lichen Xanthoparmelia somloensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Lichenostigmatales |
| Family: | Phaeococcomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Lichenostigma |
| Species: | L. cosmopolites
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| Binomial name | |
| Lichenostigma cosmopolites Hafellner & Calat. (1999)
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Lichenostigma cosmopolites is a species of lichenicolous fungus belonging to the family Phaeococcomycetaceae. It was described as new to science in 1999 by lichenologists Josef Hafellner and Vicent Calatayud. The fungus grows parasitically on Xanthoparmelia lichens.[1] In India it has been reported from the thallus of Xanthoparmelia stenophylla.[2]
It has cosmopolitan distribution.[3]
References
- ↑ Hafellner, J.; Calatayud, V. (1999). "Lichenostigma cosmopolites, a common lichenicolous fungus on Xanthoparmelia species". Mycotaxon 72: 107–114.
- ↑ Zhurbenko, Mikhail P. (2013). "A first list of lichenicolous fungi from India". Mycobiota 3: 19-34. doi:10.12664/mycobiota.2013.03.03.
- ↑ "Lichenostigma cosmopolites Hafellner & Calat." (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/3519736.
Wikidata ☰ Q10561252 entry
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