Cercidospora macrospora

Cercidospora macrospora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Dothideales
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Cercidospora
Species:
C. macrospora
Binomial name
Cercidospora macrospora
(Uloth) Hafellner & Nav.-Ros. (2004)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cercidospora ulothii Körb.
  • Didymella ulothii (Körb.) Berl. & Voglino
  • Didymella ulothii var. apiosporoides Vouaux
  • Didymosphaeria ulothii (Körb.) Winter
  • Phacopsis macrospora Uloth

Cercidospora macrospora is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the genus Cercidospora but it has not been assigned to a family.[1] It is known from the northern hemisphere.[2]

Known host species include lichen of the genus Lecanora.[2] A few difference Lecanora species are reported hosts to Cercidospora macrospora:[3]

  • Lecanora bolcana
  • Lecanora dubyi
  • Lecanora garovaglii
  • Lecanora phaedrophthalma var. christoi
  • Lecanora saxicola
  • Lecanora versicolor
  • Rhizoplaca novomexicana (formerly classified as Lecanora novomexicana)


References

  1. 1 2 "Cercidospora macrospora". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 Zhurbenko, Mikhail P. (2013). "A first list of lichenicolous fungi from India". Mycobiota. 3: 19–34. doi:10.12664/mycobiota.2013.03.03.
  3. ↑ Calatayud, V; Navarro-Rosinés, P; Hafellner, J (2013). "Contributions to a revision of Cercidospora (Dothideales), 2: Species on Lecanora s. l., Rhizoplaca and Squamarina". Mycosphere. 4 (3): 539–557. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/4/3/8.