Elasticomyces elasticus
Elasticomyces elasticus Zucconi & Selbmann, in Selbmann et al., Stud. Mycol. 61: 11 (2008).
Index Fungorum number: IF 511297; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11374, Fig. 1
Description: see Selbmann et al. (2008); Quaedvlieg et al. (2014).
Material examined: see Selbmann et al. (2008); Quaedvlieg et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Elasticomyces elasticus (CBS 122538, re-drawn from Selbmann et al. 2008). a Vegetative hypha. b, c Branched fertile hyphae producing conidia by fragmentation. d Disarticulating fertile hyphae where cells remain joint by connectives. e Swelling hyphae. Scale bar = 20 µm.
Importance and distribution
Elasticomyces species are rock species or acidophilic and are successful colonizers even in nutrient-poor and dry habitats because of restricted competition with other organisms (Gorbushina 2007). Elasticomyces comprises only one species known on Usneae antarcticae (Parmeliaceae) in Antarctica.
References
Gorbushina AA. 2007 – Life on the rocks. Environmental Microbiology 9, 1613–1631.
Quaedvlieg W, Binder M, Groenewald JZ, Summerell BA et al. 2014 – Introducing the consolidated species concept to resolve species in the Teratosphaeriaceae. Persoonia 33, 1– 40.
Selbmann L, Hoog S, Zucconi L, Isola D et al. 2008 – Drought meets acid: Three new genera in a dothidealean clade of extremotolerant fungi. Studies in Mycology 61, 1–20.
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