Stigmidium hesperium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mycosphaerellales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Dothideomycetes
Subclassis: Dothideomycetidae
Ordo: Mycosphaerellales

Familia: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Stigmidium
Species: Stigmidium hesperium

Name

Stigmidium hesperium Kocourk., K. Knudsen & Diederich, 2009


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Type: U.S.A.: CALIFORNIA, Monterey Co., along the coast S of Asilomar, China Rock, alt. 5 m a.s., saxicolous, on coastal rock, on Caloplaca coralloides, 19 July 2008, coll. P. Diederich 16787 & D. Ertz (BR, holotype; PRM 915594, hb. Diederich, isotypes; other isotypes are planned to be distributed in Hafellner, Lichenicolous Biota).

Etymology. The name, which means “western”, refers to the region where the species was originally discovered in the western North America in the United States and Mexico.

Substrate and ecology: On apothecia and thallus of Caloplaca coralloides (Tuck.) Hulting, Caloplaca rosei Hasse, Caloplaca texana Wetmore & Kärnefelt, and an undetermined Caloplaca species in Mexico.

References

  • Kocourková, J. and Knudsen, K. (2009) A new species of Stigmidium (Mycosphaerellaceae, Ascomycetes) from western North America. Czech Mycol. 61(1): 73–80.   **[RLL List # 217 / Rec.# 31070] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (PDF file) (Color photos of Stigmidium hesperium: p. 77, figs. 1-7)

Vernacular names

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