''Stereocaulon symphycheilum'' 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'' *''Stereocaulo ...

belonging to the family

Stereocaulaceae The Stereocaulaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Lecanorales. It contains five genera. Species of this family are widely distributed in temperate boreal and austral regions. Genera *'' Hertelidea'' – 6 spp. *''Lepraria ...

Ecology

''Stereocaulon symphycheilum'' is a known host to the

lichenicolous fungus A lichenicolous fungus is a parasitic fungus that only lives on lichen as the host. A lichenicolous fungus is not the same as the fungus that is the component of the lichen, which is known as a lichenized fungus. They are most commonly specific t ...

species: * ''

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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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 ...

References

Lichen species Lichens described in 1961 Stereocaulaceae Taxa named by Elke Mackenzie {{Lecanorales-stub