''Capronia suijae'' is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family

Herpotrichiellaceae Herpotrichiellaceae is a family of ascomycetous fungi within the order Chaetothyriales and within the class Eurotiomycetes. It contains 16 genera and about 270 species. The type genus of the family, ''Herpotrichiella'', is now synonymous with '' ...

. Found in Belarus, it was formally described as a new species in 2017 by Andrei Tsurykau and Javier Etayo. The type specimen was collected from Ostrozhanka Village (

Lyelchytsy District Lyelchytsy District or Lieĺčycki Rajon ( be, Лельчыцкі раён, translit=Lieĺčycki rajon; ) is a district (''raion'') of Belarus located in the Gomel Region. Its administrative center is Lieĺčycki. History The district was cre ...

) where it was found growing on the thallus of the bark-dwelling, crustose lichen '' Xanthoria parietina''; ''

Muellerella lichenicola ''Muellerella lichenicola'' is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Verrucariaceae. It was first formally described as a new species in 1826 by Søren Christian Sommerfelt, as ''Sphaeria lichenicola''. David Leslie Hawksworth transf ...

'' was also simultaneously

parasitizing Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson ha ...

the lichen. ''Capronia suijae'' is only known to occur at the type locality. The species epithet ''suijae'' honours Estonian lichenologist

Ave Suija Ave Suija (born 16 April 1969) is an Estonian lichenologist. The lichenicolous fungus A lichenicolous fungus is a parasitic fungus that only lives on lichen as the host. A lichenicolous fungus is not the same as the fungus that is the component ...

, "in recognition of her important contribution to the knowledge of lichenicolous fungi".

References

Eurotiomycetes Fungi described in 2017 Lichenicolous fungi Fungi of Europe Taxa named by Javier Angel Etayo Salazar {{Eurotiomycetes-stub