''Stereocaulon botryosum'' is a species of
snow lichen
''Stereocaulon'' is a genus of lichens. Members of ''Stereocaulon'' are commonly called snow lichens.
Species
*'' Stereocaulon alpinum''
*'' Stereocaulon apocalypticum''
*'' Stereocaulon arcticum''
*'' Stereocaulon arenarium''
*'' Stereocau ...
belonging to the family
Stereocaulaceae.
Ecology
''Stereocaulon botryosum'' is a known host to the
lichenicolous fungus species:
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Arthonia stereocaulina
''Arthonia stereocaulina'' is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Arthoniaceae.
Distribution
''Arthonia stereocaulina'' has been reported from Alaska, Canada, Iceland, Russia and Svalbard.
Host species
As the name suggests, ''Artho ...
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Catillaria stereocaulorum
''Catillaria'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Catillariaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852. It is the type genus of Catillariaceae, which was circumscribed by Austrian l ...
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Cercidospora stereocaulorum
''Cercidospora stereocaulorum'' is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the genus '' Cercidospora'' but it has not been assigned to a family. It is known to parasitise lichens of the genus ''Stereocaulon''.
Similar species
Cercidospora stereoca ...
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Endococcus nanellus
''Endococcus nanellus'' is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the order Dothideales. It is known from Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Hawaii, Japan, Russia, South-Korea, and Kazakhstan.
Host species
''Endococcus nanellus'' is known to infect numero ...
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Lasiosphaeriopsis stereocaulicola''
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Lichenopeltella stereocaulorum
''Lichenopeltella stereocaulorum'' is a species of lichenicolous fungus belonging to the class Dothideomycetes. It was described in 2010 from an infected specimen of '' Stereocaulon botryosum''.
It has a similar appearance to ''Lichenopeltella ...
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Opegrapha stereocaulicola
''Opegrapha'' is a genus of lichenized fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organis ...
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Taeniolella christiansenii
''Taeniolella'' is a genus of asexual fungi hyphomycetes in the family Mytilinidiaceae. Some of the species are lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling), others are saprophytic, while others are endophytic. The genus was circumscribed in 1958 by Canadian ...
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References
Lichen species
Lichens described in 1810
Stereocaulaceae
Taxa named by Erik Acharius
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