Merismatium is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi of uncertain familial placement in the order Verrucariales.[1] The genus was circumscribed in 1898 by Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf.[2]

Merismatium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Genus: Merismatium
Zopf (1898)
Type species
Merismatium lopadii
(Anzi) Zopf (1898)
Species

M. coccotremicola
M. corae
M. deminutum
M. nigritellum
M. peregrinum
M. thamnoliicola

Species

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As of October 2022, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts six species of Merismatium.[3] Host information is from Diederich et al. (2018).[4]

References

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  1. ^ Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.
  2. ^ Zopf, W. (1898). "Untersuchungen über die durch parasitische Pilze hervorgerufenen Krankheiten der Flechten" [Studies on lichen diseases caused by parasitic fungi]. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum. 70 (4): 243–288.
  3. ^ Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Merismatium". Catalog of Life Version 2022-09-25. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Alstrup, V.; Hansen, E.S. (2001). "New lichens and lichenicolous fungi from Greenland". Graphis Scripta. 12 (2): 41–50.