Cyphobasidium usneicola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyphobasidiales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Basidiomycota
Subdivisio: Pucciniomycotina
Classis: Cystobasidiomycetes
Ordo: Cyphobasidiales

Familia: Cyphobasidiaceae
Genus: Cyphobasidium
Species:

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: On thalli of Usnea species, inducing the formation of typical rounded galls.

Locality: Canada (British Columbia).

Typification Details: Holotype C, Alstrup 22111

Note: Cystobasidium usneicola can easily be confused with Biatoropsis usnearum, as they grow on the same host genus, and induce the formation of similar galls. (Diedrich, 2004)

Name

Cyphobasidium usneicola Millanes, Diederich & Wedin, 2016

Synonyms

References

  • Millanes, A.M., Diederich, P. & Wedin, M. 2015. Cyphobasidium gen. nov., a new lichen-inhabiting lineage in the Cystobasidiomycetes (Pucciniomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi). Fungal Biology 120(11):1468–1477. DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2015.12.003 [1]
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