Muellerella pygmaea is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Verrucariaceae.[1] It has a cosmopolitan distribution in Arctic-alpine areas and grows on the thallus and apothecia of a number of hosts.[2]

Muellerella pygmaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Muellerella
Species:
M. pygmaea
Binomial name
Muellerella pygmaea
(Körb.) D.Hawksw. (1979)
Synonyms
  • Mycoporum pygmaeum (Körb.) Jatta
  • Tichothecium pygmaeum var. ecatonosporum Anzi & G. Winter
  • Microthelia ecatonospora Anzi
  • Microthelia pygmaea Körb.
  • Tichothecium pygmaeum (Körb.) Körb.
  • Sychnogonia pygmaea (Körb.) Trevis.
  • Endococcus pygmaeus (Körb.) Th. Fr.
  • Tichothecium sporastatiae Anzi
  • Pyrenula pygmaea (Körb.) Tuck.

Host species for Muellerella pygmaea include:

References

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  1. ^ "Muellerella pygmaea (Körb.) D. Hawksw". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Svane, Svanhildur Jónsdóttir; Alstrup, Vagn (2004). "Some lichenicolous fungi from Iceland" (PDF). Acta Botanica Islandica. 14: 53–58.
  3. ^ a b Zhurbenko, Mikhail P. (2013). "A first list of lichenicolous fungi from India". Mycobiota. 3: 19–34. doi:10.12664/mycobiota.2013.03.03.
  4. ^ a b c d Brackel, Wolfgang von (2008). "Phoma ficuzzae sp. nov. and some other lichenicolous fungi from Sicily, Italy" (PDF). Sauteria. 15: 103–120.
  5. ^ a b c Alstrup, V.; Olech, M.; Wietrzyk-Pelka, P.; Wegrzyn, M. H. (2018). "The lichenicolous fungi of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: species diversity and identification guide". Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae. 87 (4): 3607. doi:10.5586/asbp.3607.
  6. ^ a b Helgi Hallgrímsson & Guðríður Gyða Eyjólfsdóttir (2004). Íslenskt sveppatal I - smásveppir [Checklist of Icelandic Fungi I - Microfungi. Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar. Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History]. ISSN 1027-832X
  7. ^ Hafellner, J (2020). "Lichenicolous Biota (Nos 321–340)" (PDF). Fritschiana. 96: 29–45.
  8. ^ Joshi, Yohesh; Kumar, Pradeep; Yadav, Arjun Lal; Suda, Niranjan; Halda, Joseph P. (2021). "Distribution and diversity of lichenicolous fungi from western Himalayan Cold Deserts of India, including a new Zwackhiomyces species". Sydowia. 73. doi:10.12905/0380.sydowia73-2020-0171.