Sphaerellothecium araneosum is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Phyllachoraceae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Phyllachorales |
| Family: | Phyllachoraceae |
| Genus: | Sphaerellothecium |
| Species: | S. araneosum
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| Sphaerellothecium araneosum | |
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Distribution
editSphaerellothecium araneosum has been reported from the highlands of Iceland[2] and the Arctic desert of Severnaya Zemlya in Russia.[3]
Host species and symptoms
editSphaerellothecium araneosum commonly grows on species of Ochrolechia, such as Ochrolechia frigida[2] but it also grows on Stereocaulon rivulorum and Stereocaulon vesuvianum, on which it causes no known symptoms.[3] It is common in Cladonia pocillum and Cladonia symphycarpia, and less common but present in Cladonia coccifera, Cladonia gracilis, Cladonia macroceras, Cladonia pyxidata and Cladonia subcervicornis. The population infecting Cladonia is considered a separate variety from other Sphaerellothecium araneosum.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Sphaerellothecium araneosum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ a b Svane, Svanhildur Jónsdóttir; Alstrup, Vagn (2004). "Some lichenicolous fungi from Iceland" (PDF). Acta Botanica Islandica. 14: 53–58.
- ^ a b Zhurbenko, Mikhail P. (2010). "Lichenicolous fungi and lichens growing on Stereocaulon from the Holarctic, with a key to the known species" (PDF). Opuscula Philolichenum. 8: 9–39.
- ^ Zhurbenko, Mikhail P.; Alstrup, Vagn (2004). "Lichenicolous fungi on Cladonia mainly from the Arctic" (PDF). Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses. 34 (1): 477–499.
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