Biology:Polycoccum laursenii

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Short description: Species of lichen

Polycoccum laursenii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Trypetheliales
Family: Polycoccaceae
Genus: Polycoccum
Species:
P. laursenii
Binomial name
Polycoccum laursenii
Zhurb. (2004)[1]

Polycoccum laursenii is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Polycoccaceae. It was first described as a new species in 2004 by Russian mycologist Mikhail Petrovich Zhurbenko. It is found in Alaska[1] and in Russia .[2]

It is similar to Polycoccum cladoniae but differs from it in having smaller spores.[1]

Ecology

Polycoccum laursenii is a lichenicolous fungus, meaning that it infects lichens. Its only documented host species is Cladonia pocillum.[1][2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q21302672 entry