''Stereocaulon vesuvianum'' 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 vesuvianum'' 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 ...

'', ''

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 numer ...

'', '' Odontotrema stereocaulocola''. and '' Scutula stereocaulorum''.

References

Stereocaulaceae Lichen species Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon Lichens described in 1810 {{Lecanorales-stub