Stereocaulon vesuvianum

Stereocaulon vesuvianum is a species of snow lichen belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae.^[1]

Stereocaulon vesuvianum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Stereocaulaceae
Genus:	Stereocaulon
Species:	S. vesuvianum
Binomial name
Stereocaulon vesuvianum Pers.

Ecology

Stereocaulon vesuvianum is a known host to the lichenicolous fungus species Cercidospora stereocaulorum,^[2] Endococcus nanellus,^[3] Odontotrema stereocaulocola.^[2] and Scutula stereocaulorum.^[4][5]

References

1. "Stereocaulon vesuvianum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
2. 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.
3. Zhurbenko, Mikhail P.; Ohmura, Yoshihito (2019). "New and Interesting Records of Lichenicolous Fungi from the TNS Herbarium: Part I" (PDF). Opuscula Philolichenum. 18: 74–89.
4. Hafellner, J. (1995). "Bemerkenswerte Funde von Flechten und lichenicolen Pilzen auf makaronesischen Inseln III. Einige bisher auf den Kanarischen Inseln übersehene lecanorale Arten" (PDF). Linzer biol. Beitr. (in German). 27 (2): 489–505.
5. Svane, Svanhildur Jónsdóttir; Alstrup, Vagn (2004). "Some lichenicolous fungi from Iceland" (PDF). Acta Botanica Islandica. 14: 53–58.