Scientific Name: Muellerella pygmaea (Korber) D. Hawksw. ; Kingdom: Fungi ; Phylum: Ascomycota ; Class: Eurotiomycetes ; Order: Verrucariales.
Muellerella ventosicola is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Verrucariaceae. It shows preference to growing on species of the genus Rhizocarpon.
It is characterized by slightly warted, thick-walled, medium to dark brown ascospores of (7.5-)8-10(13) x (3.5-)4-5(-6) µm and 20-32-spored asci. Finally, var.
Observation 179824: Muellerella pygmaea var. ventosicola (Mudd) Triebel (Site ID) (Muellerella ventosicola). Images. Okay. |. Useful. |. Good. |. Great. at 40x ...
Basionym: Microthelia ventosicola Mudd, A manual of British lichens: 307 (1861) [MB#190084]. Obligate synonym(s):. Muellerella pygmaea var. ventosicola (Mudd) ...
Teleomorph: ascomata perithecia, (150-) 175-250 (-350) μm diam. and 130-250 μm tall, almost completely superficial on the host thallus, subglobose, ostiolate.
MYCOBANK Database ; Name type. Combination ; Gender. Feminine ; Name status. Legitimate ; Sanctioned by. -.
Muellerella pygmaea is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Verrucariaceae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution in Arctic-alpine areas and grows ...
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Ascospores (6-) 7.5-8.5 x (4-) 4.5-5.5 µm, broadly ellipsoidal, with a single median non-constricted septum, dark brown, fairly thick-walled, smooth, without a ...
I've found this or similar species on several high peaks in the Great Basin. It will grow on any species of Xanthoria or Caloplaca, and in this one case it has ...