Biology:Polycoccum laursenii
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Short description: Species of lichen
| Polycoccum laursenii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Trypetheliales |
| Family: | Polycoccaceae |
| Genus: | Polycoccum |
| Species: | P. laursenii
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| Binomial name | |
| Polycoccum laursenii Zhurb. (2004)[1]
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Polycoccum laursenii is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Polycoccaceae. It was first described as a new species in 2004 by Russian mycologist Mikhail Petrovich Zhurbenko. It is found in Alaska[1] and in Russia .[2]
It is similar to Polycoccum cladoniae but differs from it in having smaller spores.[1]
Ecology
Polycoccum laursenii is a lichenicolous fungus, meaning that it infects lichens. Its only documented host species is Cladonia pocillum.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Zhurbenko, Mikhail P.; Alstrup, Vagn (2004). "Lichenicolous fungi on Cladonia mainly from the Arctic.". Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 34 (1): 477–499. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348235066.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zhurbenko, M. P.; Pino-Bodas, R. (2017). "A revision of lichenicolous fungi growing on Cladonia, mainly from the Northern Hemisphere, with a worldwide key to the known species". Opuscula Philolichenum 16: 188–266. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317217983.
Wikidata ☰ Q21302672 entry
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