Stereocaulon alpinum
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Stereocaulaceae |
| Genus: | Stereocaulon |
| Species: | S. alpinum
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Stereocaulon alpinum is a species of fungus belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae.[1] It is similar to Stereocaulon paschale but differs from it in containing cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc while S. paschale contains cyanobacteria of the genus Stigonema, which have a darker colour than Nostoc.[2]
Ecology[edit]
Stereocaulon alpinum is a known host species to lichenicolous fungi, which are pathogenic or commensal species living on the surface or in the thallus of the lichen. These include:
- Arthonia stereocaulina[3]
- Catillaria stereocaulorum[3]
- Cercidospora stereocaulorum[4]
- Diploschistes muscorum[3]
- Endococcus nanellus[3]
- Lasiosphaeriopsis stereocaulicola[3]
- Lichenopeltella stereocaulorum[3]
- Lichenosticta dombrovskae[3]
- Merismatum decolorans[3]
- Opegrapha stereocaulicola[3]
- Polycoccum trypethelioides[5][3]
- Rhymbocarpus stereocaulorum[3]
- Scutula stereocaulorum[6][7][5][8]
- Stigmidium beringicum[3]
- Taeniolella christiansenii[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Stereocaulon alpinum Laurer". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Flóra Íslands [Flora of Iceland] (no year). Dílbreyskja - Stereocaulon paschale (in Icelandic). Retrieved on April 14th 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 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.
- ^ Svane, Svanhildur Jónsdóttir; Alstrup, Vagn (2004). "Some lichenicolous fungi from Iceland" (PDF). Acta Botanica Islandica. 14: 53–58.
- ^ 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
- ^ Zhurbenko, Mikhail P.; Hafellner, Josef (1999). "Lichenicolous fungi from the Putorana plateau, Siberian Subarctic". Folia Cryptogamica Estonica. 34: 71–79.
- ^ Berger, Franz (2000). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Flechten und lichenicolen Pilze Islands" (PDF). Acta Botanica Islandica (in German). 13: 69–82.
- ^ Alstrup, Vagn; Grube, Martin; Motiejūnaitė, Jurga; Nordin, Anders; Zhurbenko, Mikhail (1008). "Lichenicolous fungi from the Skibotn area, Troms, Norway". Graphis scripta. 20: 1–8.
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