Phyllobathelium epiphyllum
Phyllobathelium epiphyllum (Müll. Arg.) Müll. Arg., Flora, Regensburg 73: 195 (1890).
≡ Bathelium epiphyllum Müll. Arg., Flora, Regensburg 66(22): 347 (1883).
Index Fungorum number: IF 400414; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11997, Fig. 1
Description: see Lücking (2008); Aptroot and Lücking (2016); Hongsanan et al. (2020b).
Material considered: see Lücking (2008); Aptroot and Lücking (2016); Hongsanan et al. (2020b).
Fig. 1 Phyllobathelium epiphyllum (re-drawn from Fig. 1 Flavobathelium epiphyllum in Kumar and Krishnamurthy 2016). a Thallus. b Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 5 mm, b = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Phyllobathelium comprises five lichenized species known on leaves in shady rain-forest, understorey of Sorocea (Moraceae) and Leguminosae. Phyllobathelium is reported from America (Amazon, Brazil, Ecuador), Australia (Fiji) and Caribbean (Trinidad-Tobago).
References
Aptroot A, Lücking R. 2016 − A revisionary synopsis of the Trypetheliaceae (Ascomycota: Trypetheliales). Lichenologist 48, 763–982.
Harris RC. 1995 − More Florida lichens. Including the 10c tour of the pyrenolichens. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.
Hongsanan S, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Wanasinghe DN et al. 2020b − Refined families of Dothideomycetes: orders and families incertae sedis in Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 105, 17–318.
Kumar S, Krishnamurthy YL. 2016 − Flavobathelium epiphyllum: a new addition to the foliicolous lichen flora of India. Indian Forester 142, 615–616.
Lücking R, Sérusiaux E. 2013 − Phyllobathelium nudum Zahlbr. is a second species in the genus Phyllocratera (lichenized Ascomycota: Strigulaceae). Lichenologist 45, 691–693.
Lücking R. 2008 − Foliicolous lichenized fungi. Flora Neotropica monograph 103, 1–867.
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