Frigidopyrenia bryospila
Frigidopyrenia bryospila (Nyl.) Grube, Phyton, Horn 45(2): 308 (2005).
≡ Verrucaria bryospila Nyl., Flora, Regensburg 47: 357 (1864).
Index Fungorum number: IF 355751; Facesoffungi number: FoF11914 , Fig. 1
Description: see Grube (2005).
Material considered: see Grube (2005).
Fig. 1 Frigidopyrenia bryospila (UPS! isotype, re-drawn from Fig. 1 in Grube 2005). a Thallus squamules. b Longitudinal section of ascoma. c Peridium. d Ascus. e Ascospores. Scale bar: a = 0.5 mm, b, d, e = 20 μm, c = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Frigidopyrenia comprises only one species known on dead mosses in Europe (Sweden and Norway) and the United States (Alaska). Frigidopyrenia is lichenized living in a symbiotic relationship with an alga or cyanobacterium (Tripathi and Joshi 2019). Unstudied hosts and locations must be further explored in an attempt to discover more species of Frigidopyrenia.
References
Grube M, Hafellner J. 1990 – Studien an fechtenbewohnenden pilzen der sammelgattung Didymella (Ascomycetes, Dothideales). Nova Hedwig 51, 283–360.
Grube M. 2005 – Frigidopyrenia-a new genus for a peculiar subarctic lichen, with notes on similar taxa. Phyton 45, 305–318.
Norman JM. 1872 "1871"– Fuligines lichenosae eller Moriolei. Botaniska Notiser, 9–20.
Serusiaux E. 1985 – Goniocysts, goniocystangia and Opegrapha lambinonii and related species. Lichenologist 17, 1–25.
Tripathi DM, & Joshi DY. 2019 –Endolichenic Fungi: Present and Future Trends. Springer Singapore.
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