lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Lecanoraceae.
It is a lichenicolous fungi, meaning that it grows on other lichens, but it does not cause disease, unlike the similar ''
Carbonea austroshetlandica
''Carbonea austroshetlandica'' is a species of lichenicolous fungus belonging to the family Lecanoraceae. It was discovered in the South Shetland Islands where it grows on ''Carbonea assentiens'' but has since been reported from King George I ...
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Distribution
''Carbonea aggregantula'' is widely distributed. Although it has not been reported often, its distribution includes multiple continents. ''Carbonea aggregantula'' has been reported from some of the subantarctic islands, including King George Island, Penguin Island and Livingston Island.
Host species
''Carbonea aggregantula'' has a wide range of host species which are still being discovered. Known hosts are:
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Candelariella
''Candelariella'' is a genus of bright yellow, ocher, or greenish yellow crustose or squamulose lichens in the family Candelariaceae. Members of the genus are commonly called eggyolk lichens, goldspeck lichens, or yolk lichens. The genus was cir ...
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Lecanora alpigena
''Lecanora'' is a genus of lichen commonly called rim lichens.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, Lichens in the genus ''Squamarina'' are also called rim lichens. Members of the genus have roughly ci ...
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Lecanora impudens
''Lecanora impudens'' is a species of crustose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It was described as new to science by Gunnar Degelius in 1944.
''Lecanora impudens'' is a known host species to lichenicolous fungi, including ''Carbonea aggre ...
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Lecanora leproplaca
''Lecanora'' is a genus of lichen commonly called rim lichens.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, Lichens in the genus '' Squamarina'' are also called rim lichens. Members of the genus have roughly c ...
Protoparmeliopsis muralis
''Protoparmeliopsis'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecanoraceae. It has about 20 species. The genus was circumscribed
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Rhizoplaca aspidophora
''Rhizoplaca'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. Members of the genus are commonly called rimmed navel lichens because of their umbilicate growth form and lecanorine (rimmed with thallus
Thallus (plural: thalli), f ...