Stereocaulon incrustatum
| Stereocaulon incrustatum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Stereocaulaceae |
| Genus: | Stereocaulon |
| Species: | S. incrustatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Stereocaulon incrustatum Flörke (1819)
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Stereocaulon incrustatum is a species of snow lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae, which is typically found on its stems and can produce galls.[1]
Forms and varieties:
- Stereocaulon incrustatum f. gracile[1]
- Stereocaulon incrustatum f. gracilis[1]
- Stereocaulon incrustatum f. incrustatum[1]
- Stereocaulon incrustatum var. abduanum[1]
- Stereocaulon incrustatum var. elaturn[1]
- Stereocaulon incrustatum var. incrustatum[1]
Ecology
Stereocaulon incrustatum is a known host to the lichenicolous fungus species Rhymbocarpus stereocaulorum.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Stereocaulon incrustatum". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ 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.