''Lichenopeltella cetrariicola'' is a species of

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 of the lichen, which is known as a lichenized fungus. They are most commonly specific to ...

belonging to the class

Dothideomycetes Dothideomycetes is the largest and most diverse class of ascomycete fungi. It comprises 11 orders 90 families, 1300 genera and over 19,000 known species. Traditionally, most of its members were included in the loculoascomycetes, which is not par ...

. It has been reported from Europe and

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

but it probably has a more widespread distribution. It has been reported from at least two host species, '' Cetraria islandica'' and '' Cetraria aculeata''.

References

Dothideomycetes Fungi described in 1989 Fungi of Europe Lichenicolous fungi Taxa named by William Nylander (botanist) Fungi of Iceland {{Dothideomycetes-stub