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Clypeococcum cladonema

Clypeococcum cladonema (Wedd.) D. Hawksw., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 75(2): 197 (1977).

≡ Lecidea cladonema Wedd., Bull. Soc. bot. Fr. 21: 345 (1875).    

Index Fungorum number: IF 311399; Facesoffungi number: FoF 04647, Fig. 1

Description: see Ertz et al. (2015); Doilom et al. (2018); Zhurbenko (2020).

Material considered: see Ertz et al. (2015); Doilom et al. (2018); Zhurbenko (2020).

Fig. 1 Clypeococcum cladonema (S-F9606, isotype of Lecidea cladonema). a Herbarium label and specimen. b Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. c Section through ascomata. d Peridium. e Pseudoparaphyses. f Ascus. g, h Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 50 μm, d–f = 10 μm, g, h = 5 μm.

Importance and distribution

Clypeococcum comprises nine lichenicolous species known on thallus of Cetrelia olivetorum (Parmeliaceae), Flavocetraria cucullata (Parmeliaceae) and Hypocenomyce scalaris (Ophioparmaceae). Clypeococcum is reported from Asia (Russia), Europe (Bulgaria, United Kingdom) and South America (Ecuador).

 

References

Doilom M, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Dai DQ et al. 2018 – Mycosphere Notes 225–274: types and other specimens of some genera of Ascomycota. Mycosphere 9, 647–754.

Ertz D, Diederich P, Lawrey JD, Berger F, Freebury CE, Coppins B, Gardiennet A, Hafellner J. 2015 – Phylogenetic insights resolve Dacampiaceae (Pleosporales) as polyphyetic: Didymocyrtis (Pleosporales, Phaeosphaeriaceae) with phoma-like anamorphs resurrected and segregated form Polycoccum (Trypetheliales, Polycoccaceae fam. nov.). Fungal Diversity 74, 53–89.

Hawksworth DL. 1977 – Three new genera of lichenicolous fungi. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 75, 195–209.

Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu JK, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.

Jaklitsch W, Baral HO, Lücking R, Lumbsch HT, Frey W. 2016 –Ascomycota. In: Frey W (ed) Syllabus of plant families, Adolf Engler’s Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien 13th edn. Borntraeger Science Publishers, Stuttgart.

Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota 2009. Myconet 14, 1–64.

Pirogov MV. 2015 – Clypeococcum cetrariae (Dacampiaceae, Ascomycota) in the Ukrainian Carpathians. Ukrayins'kyi Botanichnyi Zhurnal 72, 585–587.

Weddell HA. 1874 – Quelques mots sur la théorie algolichénique. Comptes rendues des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 79, 23.

Wijayawardene NN, Crous PW, Kirk PM, Hawksworth DL et al. 2014 – Naming and outline of Dothideomycetes – 2014 including proposals for the protection or suppression of generic names. Fungal Diversity 69, 1–55.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Lumbsch HT, Liu JK et al. 2018 – Outline of Ascomycota: 2017. Fungal Diversity 88, 167–263.

Zhurbenko M, Ochirbat E, Samiya J. 2020 – Additions to the checklist of lichenicolous fungi of Mongolia. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica 57, 9–20.

 

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