Epicoccum nigrum

Familia: Didymellaceae
Genus: Epicoccum
Species:

Epicoccum nigrum Link, Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 7: 32 (1816) ["1815"]

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Hosts: Facultative lichenicolous over various lichens

• Homotypic
• Epicoccum versicolor var. nigrum (Link) Rabenh., Deutschl. Krypt.-Fl. 1: 58 (1844)
• Heterotypic
• Epicoccum diversisporum f. pseudoplatani Allesch., Hedwigia 34: 290 (1895)
  • Epicoccum diversisporum var. pseudoplatani (Allesch.) Sacc. & Trotter, Syll. Fung. 22: 1489 (1913)
• Epicoccum purpurascens Ehrenb., Fl. Berol., Pars sec., Cryptog.: 136 (1818)
  • Epicoccum versicolor var. purpurascens (Ehrenb.) Rabenh., Deutschl. Krypt.-Fl. 1: 58 (1844)
• Epicoccum purpurascens f. tabaci Pass., Atti Soc. Crittogam. Ital. 3(1): 15 (1881)
• Epicoccum vulgare Corda, Icon. Fung. 1: 5 (1837)
• Phoma epicoccina Punith., M.C. Tulloch & C.M. Leach, Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 59(2): 341 (1972)
• Toruloidea tobaica Szilvinyi, Arch. Hydrobiol. 14(Suppl. 3): 519 (1936)

• Link, H.F. 1816. Observationes in ordines plantarum naturales. 2. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin Magazin für die neuesten Entdeckungen in der Gesammten Naturkunde 7: 25–45.

• Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2003) Lichenicolous fungi: interactions, evolution, and biodiversity. - The Bryologist 106(1): 81–120.   **[RLL List # 190 / Rec.# 24248] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR)   (PDF file)

• Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2011) Lichenicolous fungi – worldwide checklist, including isolated cultures and sequences available. - http://www.lichenicolous.net (4/10/2011)