Lichenostigma cosmopolites is a species of lichenicolous fungus belonging to the family Phaeococcomycetaceae. It was described as new to science in 1999 by lichenologists Josef Hafellner and Vicent Calatayud. The fungus grows parasitically on Xanthoparmelia lichens.[1] In India it has been reported from the thallus of Xanthoparmelia stenophylla.[2]
| Lichenostigma cosmopolites | |
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| Lichenostigma cosmopolites growing on the lichen Xanthoparmelia somloensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Lichenostigmatales |
| Family: | Phaeococcomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Lichenostigma |
| Species: | L. cosmopolites
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| Lichenostigma cosmopolites | |
It has cosmopolitan distribution.[3]
References
edit- ^ Hafellner, J.; Calatayud, V. (1999). "Lichenostigma cosmopolites, a common lichenicolous fungus on Xanthoparmelia species". Mycotaxon. 72: 107–114.
- ^ Zhurbenko, Mikhail P. (2013). "A first list of lichenicolous fungi from India". Mycobiota. 3: 19–34. doi:10.12664/mycobiota.2013.03.03.
- ^ "Lichenostigma cosmopolites Hafellner & Calat". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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