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dactylospora lichen
Scientific Name: Dactylospora glaucomarioides
Family: Dactylosporaceae
Category: Lichen
Growth: Lichenous
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Dactylospora
Dactylospora is a genus of lichenized ascomycetes, sometimes referred to as dactylospora lichen. Many species within this genus are lichenicolous fungi, meaning they are parasitic on other lichens.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Family: Dactylosporaceae
- Synonyms:
- Leciographa inspersa (for Dactylospora parasitica)
- Karschia saxatilis (for Dactylospora saxatilis)
Distribution and Habitat
- The genus has a wide distribution, with species found in various regions, including South Korea, Australia, Spain, New Zealand, North America (Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Santa Monica Mountains), Germany, Republic of Ireland (West Galway), and Antarctica (Bunger Oasis).
- It is present among several oceanic lichen species e.g., Cavernularia.
Ecological Role
- Many Dactylospora species are lichenicolous, meaning they grow on and parasitize other living lichens.
Morphological Characteristics
- In some species, the spores are polyspored, described as "Dactylospora type" with a marked external gelatinous cap that reacts I+.
Species Examples
- Dactylospora amygdalariae Triebel
- Dactylospora athallina (Mull. Arg.) Hafellner
- Dactylospora australis
- Dactylospora biodroid
- Dactylospora davidii
- Dactylospora deminuta
- Dactylospora dobrowolskii Olech
- Dactylospora glaucomarioides (Willey ex Tuck.) Hafellner
- Dactylospora homoclinella
- Dactylospora inspersa sensu Mudd
- Dactylospora lobariella (Nyl.) Hafellner
- Dactylospora parasitica (Flrke) Zopf
- Dactylospora parellaria
- Dactylospora pleiosperma Triebel
- Dactylospora purpurascens Triebel
- Dactylospora rimulicola (Mll. Arg.) Hafellner
- Dactylospora saxatilis
- Dactylospora urceolata
- Dactylospora attendenda
Related Resources
- ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (for Dactylospora lobariella)
- British Lichen Society (BLS) Lichen Database
- BLS Mapping Scheme dataset
- Index Fungorum
- EOL: Encyclopedia of Life
- Plantilla: Plantae Mundi/Fuentes/ACNW
- Drone-Application-Server database publication
- Korean Lichen Research Institute, Sunchon National University, Suncheon
- Literature On Lichenicolous Fungi - George Mason University