Lichenostigma cosmopolites

Lichenostigma cosmopolites is a species of lichenicolous fungus belonging to the family Phaeococcomycetaceae. It was described as new to science in 1999 by lichenologists Josef Hafellner and Vicent Calatayud. The fungus grows parasitically on Xanthoparmelia lichens.^[1] In India it has been reported from the thallus of Xanthoparmelia stenophylla.^[2]

Lichenostigma cosmopolites
Lichenostigma cosmopolites growing on the lichen Xanthoparmelia somloensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Arthoniomycetes
Order:	Lichenostigmatales
Family:	Phaeococcomycetaceae
Genus:	Lichenostigma
Species:	L. cosmopolites
Binomial name
Lichenostigma cosmopolites Hafellner & Calat. (1999)

It has cosmopolitan distribution.^[3]

References

1. Hafellner, J.; Calatayud, V. (1999). "Lichenostigma cosmopolites, a common lichenicolous fungus on Xanthoparmelia species". Mycotaxon. 72: 107–114.
2. Zhurbenko, Mikhail P. (2013). "A first list of lichenicolous fungi from India". Mycobiota. 3: 19–34. doi:10.12664/mycobiota.2013.03.03.
3. "Lichenostigma cosmopolites Hafellner & Calat". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 21 January 2021.