Biology:Cercidospora epipolytropa

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Short description: Species of fungus

Cercidospora epipolytropa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Dothideales
Genus: Cercidospora
Species:
C. epipolytropa
Binomial name
Cercidospora epipolytropa
(Mudd) Arnold (1874)
Synonyms[1]

Cercidospora epipolytropa is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the genus Cercidospora but it has not been assigned to a family.[2] It is known to parasitise the crustose lichen Lecanora polytropa.[3] The fungus was first formally described by mycologist William Mudd in 1861. Ferdinand Christian Gustav Arnold transferred it to Cercidospora in 1874.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10446319 entry