Hawksworthiana peltigericola
Hawksworthiana peltigericola (D. Hawksw.) U. Braun, Int. J. Mycol. Lichenol. 3(2-3): 276 (1988).
≡ Ramularia peltigericola D. Hawksw., Notes R. bot. Gdn Edinb. 38(1): 172 (1980).
Index Fungorum number: IF 125284; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11264, Fig. 1
Description: see Braun et al. (1998); Videira et al. (2016, 2017).
Material examined: see Braun et al. (1998); Videira et al. (2016, 2017).
Fig. 1 Hawksworthiana peltigericola (herbarium Paul Diederich, re-drawn from Fig. 25 in Videira et al. 2016). a Conidiogenous structures developing on the host. c, d Conidiophores and conidia. e Conidia. Scale bars = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Hawksworthiana species are lichenicolous and form obligate associations with lichens as saprobes that settle on dead lichen thalli, or parasites that acquire fixed carbon and nutrients from living lichen hosts (Lawrey and Diederich 2003). Hawksworthiana comprises only one species known on thallus of Peltigera polydactyla (Peltigeraceae) in the United Kingdom. An attempt to recollect Hawksworthiana is needed to understand the diversity and taxonomy of the genus.
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