Weddellomyces epicallopisma
Weddellomyces epicallopisma (Wedd.) D. Hawksw. [as 'epicallopismum'], Notes R. bot. Gdn Edinb. 43(3): 512 (1986).
≡ Verrucaria epicallopisma Wedd., Mém. Soc. Imp. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 17: 372 (1873).
Index Fungorum number: IF 128921; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11488, Fig. 1
Description: see Kocourková (1999).
Material examined: see Kocourková (1999).
Fig. 1 Weddellomyces xanthoparmeliae (re-drawn from Fig. 1 in Kocourková 1999). a Ascus. b Thick short-celled interascal filaments. c Ascospores. Scale bars: a–c = 20 μm.
Importance and distribution
Weddellomyces species are lichenicolous host-specific parasites. Weddellomyces comprises 12 species known on thallus of Aspicilia radiosa (Megasporaceae), Caloplaca sp. (Teloschistaceae), Gasparrinia macquariensis (Teloschistaceae), thallus of Pertusaria lactea (Pertusariaceae), immersed in thallus of Caloplaca proteus (Teloschistaceae), thallus of Acarospora (Acarosporaceae) and thallus of Xanthoparmelia protomatrae (Parmeliaceae). Weddellomyces is distributed in Europe (France, Germany, United Kingdom, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey) and Macquarie Island.
References
Calatayud V, Navarro-Rosinés P. 1998 – Weddellomyces xanthoparmeliae sp. nov. and additions to the chorology of other species of the genus. Mycotaxon 69, 503–514.
Diederich P, Lawrey JD, Ertz D. 2018 – The 2018 classification and checklist of lichenicolous fungi, with 2000 non-lichenized, obligately lichenicolous taxa. The Bryologist 121, 340–425.
Hawksworth DL. 1986 – Notes on British lichenicolous fungi: V. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 43, 497–519.
Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu JK, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.
Kirk PM, Cannon PF, David JC, Stalpers JA. 2001 – Dictionary of the fungi 9th edn. CABI, Wallingford.
Kocourková J. 1999 – Lichenicolous fungi from the Czech Republic. 1. Weddellomyces xanthoparmeliae Calatayud et Nav. Ros. Czech Mycology 51, 179–184.
Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf S. 2007 – Outline of Ascomycota. Myconet 13, 1–99.
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