Muellerella

Muellerella is a genus of lichenicolous lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in northern temperate areas, and contains species that live on other lichens, or on liverworts.[1]

Muellerella
Muellerella pygmaea var. athallina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Muellerella
Hepp ex Müll.Arg. (1862)
Type species
Muellerella polyspora
Hepp ex Müll.Arg. (1862)

Species

  • Muellerella antarctica Etayo (2008)
  • Muellerella erratica (A. Massal.) Hafellner & Volk. John (2006)
  • Muellerella hospitans Stizenb. (1863)
  • Muellerella lecanactidis Diederich & van den Boom (2003)
  • Muellerella lichenicola (Sommerf.) D.Hawksw. (1979)
  • Muellerella polyspora Hepp ex Müll. Arg. (1862)
  • Muellerella pygmaea (Körb.) D.Hawksw. (1979)
  • Muellerella thalamita (Nyl. ex Cromb.) D.Hawksw., F.Berger & LaGreca (2014)
  • Muellerella ventosicola (Mudd) D.Hawksw. (2003)

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 442. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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