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dactylospora lichen

Scientific Name: Dactylospora athallina

Family: Dactylosporaceae

Category: Lichen

Growth: Lichenous

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Dactylospora

Dactylospora is a genus of lichenized ascomycetes, also referred to as dactylospora lichen.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Dactylospora Krb.
  • Family: Dactylosporaceae
  • Group: Lichen
  • Synonyms:
    • Karschia saxatilis (Schaer.) Rehm = Dactylospora saxatilis
    • Dactylospora parasitica (Flrke ex Sprengel) Zopf = Leciographa inspersa (Tul.) Rehm

Distribution and Habitat

  • Found in various regions including South Korea, the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Wales, Republic of Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Species such as Dactylospora parellaria have been found on rocks (on lichen) in areas like Connemara, Ireland.

Ecological Role

  • Many Dactylospora species are lichenicolous fungi, meaning they are parasites on living lichens. Examples include Dactylospora dobrowolskii and Dactylospora parasitica.

Morphological Characteristics

  • Some species, like those of the Dactylospora type, have a marked external gelatinous cap that reacts I+.
  • A few species are polyspored.

Species

  • Dactylospora amygdalariae Triebel
  • Dactylospora athallina (Mull. Arg.) Hafellner
  • Dactylospora australis
  • Dactylospora glaucomarioides (Willey ex Tuck.) Hafellner
  • Dactylospora lobariella (Nyl.) Hafellner
  • Dactylospora parasitica (Flrke ex Spreng.) Zopf
  • Dactylospora rimulicola (Mll. Arg.) Hafellner
  • Dactylospora saxatilis
  • Dactylospora davidii
  • Dactylospora urceolata
  • Dactylospora pleiosperma Triebel
  • Dactylospora purpurascens Triebel

Interactions with Other Organisms

  • Often found growing on other lichens (lichenicolous).
  • Has a close relationship with Epibryon species infecting mosses.

Further Information

  • ITIS Name: Dactylospora lobariella (Nyl.) Hafellner (TSN 191941)
  • British Lichen Society (BLS) Lichen Database
  • BLS Mapping Scheme dataset
  • Index Fungorum
  • EOL (Encyclopedia of Life)