Sphaerellothecium araneosum
Sphaerellothecium araneosum (Rehm) Zopf, in Zopf, Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 70: 178 (1897).
≡ Sphaerella araneosa Rehm ex Arnold, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 23: 115 (1873).
Index Fungorum number: IF 189394; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11309, Fig. 1
Description: see Chomnunti et al. (2011) and Videira et al. (2017).
Material considered: see Chomnunti et al. (2011) and Videira et al. (2017).
Fig. 1 Sphaerellothecium araneosum (M-0044221, holotype). a Appearance
of ascomata on host substrate. b Ascomata with hyphae. c Section through ascoma. d Peridium. e, f Asci with ascospores. g, h Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 100 μm, c, d = 20 μm, e–h = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Sphaerellothecium pumilum has been transferred to Stigmidium. Sphaerellothecium comprises 37 species known on a wide range of lichens such as Arctoparmelia incurva, on exposed granite rock (Parmeliaceae), Buellia muscicola (Caliciaceae), Cladonia parasitica (Cladoniaceae), in sand dunes on Cetraria aculeata (Parmeliaceae), Lecanora epibryon (Lecanoraceae), Lecidea atrobrunnea (Lecideaceae), Ochrolechia tartarea (Ochrolechiaceae), Placidium lacinulatum (Verrucariaceae), Sporastatia testudinea (Sporastatiaceae) and thallus of Urceolaria scruposa var. bryophila (Graphidaceae). Sphaerellothecium is reported from several countries including Antarctica, Europe (Austria, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine) and the United States (California). Sphaerellothecium has high diversity, but all species lack sequence data.
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