''Cercidospora'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the class
Dothideomycetes
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. The relationship of this
taxon
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to other taxa within the class is unknown (''
incertae sedis''). The genus was first described by
Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1865; it is
synonymous
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with the name ''Prolisea'' described by Frederick Edward Clements in 1931.
Species
The genus contains 36 accepted species:
* ''
Cercidospora alpina''
* ''
Cercidospora anomala''
* ''
Cercidospora arthroraphidicola''
* ''
Cercidospora barrenoana''
* ''
Cercidospora cecidiiformans''
* ''
Cercidospora cladoniicola''
* ''
Cercidospora crozalsiana''
* ''
Cercidospora decolorella''
* ''
Cercidospora epicarphinea''
* ''
Cercidospora epipolytropa''
* ''
Cercidospora epithamnolia''
* ''
Cercidospora exiguella''
* ''
Cercidospora galligena''
* ''
Cercidospora harknessii''
* ''
Cercidospora hypotrachynicola''
* ''
Cercidospora lecidomae''
* ''
Cercidospora lobothalliae''
* ''
Cercidospora macrospora''
* ''
Cercidospora melanophthalmae''
* ''
Cercidospora ochrolechiae''
* ''
Cercidospora parva''
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Cercidospora punctilla''
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Cercidospora punctillata''
* ''
Cercidospora rinodinae''
* ''
Cercidospora santessonii''
* ''
Cercidospora solearispora''
* ''
Cercidospora soror''
* ''
Cercidospora stenotropae''
* ''
Cercidospora stereocaulorum
''Cercidospora stereocaulorum'' is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the genus '' Cercidospora'' but it has not been assigned to a family. It is known to parasitise lichens of the genus ''Stereocaulon''.
Similar species
Cercidospora stereoca ...
''
* ''
Cercidospora thamnogalloides''
* ''
Cercidospora thamnoliae''
* ''
Cercidospora thamnoliicola''
* ''
Cercidospora trypetheliza''
* ''
Cercidospora verrucosaria
''Cercidospora'' is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ('' incertae sedis''). The genus was first described by Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1865; it is synonymous ...
''
* ''
Cercidospora werneri''
* ''
Cercidospora xanthoriae''
See also
*
List of Dothideomycetes genera ''incertae sedis''
References
External links
*
Cercidospora' at
Index Fungorum
Dothideomycetes enigmatic taxa
Dothideomycetes genera
Lichenicolous fungi
Taxa named by Gustav Wilhelm Körber
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