Abrothallus welwitschii is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Abrothallaceae.[2] It grows on species of the foliose lichen genus Sticta.[3] The type specimen was originally collected in Portugal in 1840 by Austrian botanist Friedrich Welwitsch, and it is after him for whom the species is named. Camille Montagne described the species in 1851,[4] but he did not published the name validly; it was published validly by Charles Tulasne a year later.[5]
| Abrothallus welwitschii | |
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| Abrothallus welwitschii parasitising Sticta limbata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Abrothallales |
| Family: | Abrothallaceae |
| Genus: | Abrothallus |
| Species: | A. welwitschii
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| Binomial name | |
| Abrothallus welwitschii | |
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The fungus has been collected throughout Europe, Africa (Kenya), New Zealand, South America (Chile), and northern North America. Recorded hosts have been Sticta fuliginosa, S. limbata, S. nylanderiana, and S. sylvatica.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Abrothallus welwitschii Mont. ex Tul". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Abrothallus welwitschii Mont". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ Diederich, Paul; Lawrey, James D.; Ertz, Damien (2018). "The 2018 classification and checklist of lichenicolous fungi, with 2000 non-lichenized, obligately lichenicolous taxa". The Bryologist. 121 (3): 340–425. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-121.3.340. S2CID 92396850.
- ^ Montagne, J.P.F.C. (1851). "Cryptogamia Guyanensis seu plantarum cellularium in Guyana gallica annis 1835–1849 a cl. Leprieur collectarum enumeratio universalis". Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique. Série 3 (in French). 16: 47–81 [79].
- ^ Tulanse, L.-R. (1852). "Mémoire sur les lichens". Annales des sciences naturelles. Botanique. Série 3 (in Latin). 17: 115.
- ^ Suija, Ave; De los Ríos, Asunción; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio (2015). "A molecular reappraisal of Abrothallus species growing on lichens of the order Peltigerales". Phytotaxa. 195 (3): 201–226. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.195.3.1.
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