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Polycoccum sporastatiae

Scientific Name: Polycoccum sporastatiae

Family: Dacampiaceae

Category: Lichen

Growth: Lichenous

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Polycoccum sporastatiae

Polycoccum sporastatiae is a lichenicolous fungus belonging to the family Dacampiaceae. It is a species of Polycoccum, a genus within the Ascomycota phylum.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Polycoccum sporastatiae (Anzi) Arnold
  • Family: Dacampiaceae (also listed as Didymosphaeriaceae)
  • Kingdom: Fungi
  • Phylum: Ascomycota
  • Class: Ascomycetes, Dothideomycetes
  • Order: Dothideales, Pleosporales
  • Synonyms:
    • Didymosphaeria sporastatiae (Anzi) G. Winter
    • Tichothecium sporastatiae Anzi

Distribution and Habitat

  • Reported from the British Isles and Sweden.
  • Grows on Sporastatia species, particularly Sporastatia polyspora and Sporastatia testudinea.

Morphological Characteristics

  • Perithecia are immersed, often causing swelling in the host areoles.
  • Perithecia are subglobose, measuring 200-250 ?m in height and 150-200 ?m in width.
  • The perithecial wall is brown.

Ecology

  • Polycoccum sporastatiae is a lichenicolous fungus, meaning it lives on lichens.

Further Information

  • Information available at:
    • Index Fungorum
    • NatureServe Explorer
    • Encyclopedia of Life