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dactylospora lichen
Scientific Name: Dactylospora inquilina
Family: Dactylosporaceae
Category: Lichen
Growth: Lichenous
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Other Names:
Dactylospora
Dactylospora is a genus of lichenized ascomycetes, and also refers to the common name of dactylospora lichen, included in the family Dactylosporaceae.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Dactylospora Krb.
- Common Name: Dactylospora Lichen
- Family: Dactylosporaceae
- Synonyms:
- Leciographa inspersa (Tul.) Rehm (= Dactylospora parasitica (Flrke ex Sprengel) Zopf)
- Karschia saxatilis (Schaer.) Rehm (= Dactylospora saxatilis)
- Related ITIS Name: Dactylospora lobariella (Nyl.) Hafellner (TSN 191941)
Distribution and Habitat
- Found in various parts of South Korea, Republic of Ireland (West Galway, Connemara: Doughruagh Mountain and Lough Feagh), Spain, and Australia.
- Grows on rocks and among several oceanic lichen species (e.g., Cavernularia).
Ecological Role
- Many Dactylospora species are lichenicolous fungi, meaning they are parasites on living lichens.
Morphological Characteristics
- Some species have a marked external gelatinous cap that reacts I+.
- Some species are polyspored.
Species
- 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 parellaria
- Dactylospora parasitica (Flrke ex Spreng.) Zopf
- Dactylospora pleiosperma Triebel
- Dactylospora purpurascens Triebel
- Dactylospora rimulicola (Mll. Arg.) Hafellner
- Dactylospora saxatilis
- Dactylospora urceolata
Interactions with Other Organisms
- Dactylospora species are lichenicolous fungi, meaning they are parasites on other lichens.
- They are sometimes found growing on Lobaria pulmonaria.
Further Information
- British Lichen Society (BLS) Lichen Database
- BLS Mapping Scheme dataset
- EOL (Encyclopedia of Life)
- Index Fungorum
- Drone-Application-Server database
- Korean Lichen Research Institute, Sunchon National University, Suncheon