Polycoccum laursenii
Appearance
Polycoccum laursenii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Trypetheliales |
Family: | Polycoccaceae |
Genus: | Polycoccum |
Species: | P. laursenii
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Binomial name | |
Polycoccum laursenii |
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
[edit]Polycoccum laursenii is a lichenicolous fungus, meaning that it infects lichens. Its only documented host species is Cladonia pocillum.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Zhurbenko, Mikhail P.; Alstrup, Vagn (2004). "Lichenicolous fungi on Cladonia mainly from the Arctic". Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses. 34 (1): 477–499.
- ^ a b Zhurbenko, M. P.; Pino-Bodas, R. (2017). "A revision of lichenicolous fungi growing on Cladonia, mainly from the Northern Hemisphere, with a worldwide key to the known species". Opuscula Philolichenum. 16: 188–266.