Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ostropales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Ostropomycetidae
Ordo: Ostropales

Familia: Spirographaceae
Genus: Spirographa
Species: Spirographa fusisporella

Name

Spirographa fusisporella (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 1(1*): 96 (1903) [‘1907’]. [MycoBank #448854]

Life habit: Lichenicolous, commensalistic, non-lichenized.
Ascomata: Initially immersed in the host thallus or apothecia.
Hosts: Fuscidea, Graphis, Haematomma, Lecanora, Lobaria, Melanelia, Ochrolechia, Parmelina, Peltigera, Pertusaria, Phlyctis, Platismatia, Porpidia, Pseudocyphellaria, Rinodina and Xylographa   (Source: Diederich, 2004)
Host (Australian Checklist of Lichenicolous Fungi): Haematomma africanum
Distribution: North and South America, Europe, and Australia.

Basionym

  • Graphis fusisporella Nyl., Flora [Regensburg] 49(19): 292 (1866). [MycoBank #385809]

Homotypic synonym

  • Graphinella fusisporella (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univers. 2: 285 (1923). [MycoBank #385500]

Heterotypic synonyms

  • Opegrapha spiralis Müll.Arg., Flora [Regensburg] 63(3): 43 (1880). [MycoBank #396684]
  • Spirographa spiralis (Müll.Arg.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univers. 2: 267 (1923). [MycoBank #405572]
  • Lecidea multifera J.A.Martind., Westmoreland Note Book & Natural Hist. Record 1: 180 (1889). [MycoBank #530458]

References

  • Zahlbruckner, A. 1903–1907. Lichenes (Flechten). B. Specieller Teil. In Engler & Prantl, Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten insbesondere den Nutzpflanzen, unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher hervorragender Fachgelehrten begründet von A. Engler und K. Prantl fortgesetzt von A. Engler. 1(1*): 49–249. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. BHL Reference page. 
  • Zahlbruckner, A. 1922–1924. Catalogus Lichenum Universalis. 2: 1–815. Verlag von Gebrüder Borntraeger, Leipzig. Cyberliber Reference page. 


  • Diederich, P. (2004) Spirographa (pp. 702-703) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Diederich, P., Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 26026] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of Spirographa fusisporella: pp. 702-703)
  • Hawksworth, D.L. (1980) Notes on British lichenicolous fungi: III. - Notes from the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh 38: 165–183.   **[RLL List # 109-32 / Rec.# 8004] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Illustration of Spirographa fusisporella: p. 175)
  • Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2010) Lichenicolous fungi – worldwide checklist, including isolated cultures and sequences available. Internet (1/12/2011)

Vernacular names

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