''Lophodermium caricinum'' is a species of fungus in the family

Rhytismataceae The Rhytismataceae are a family of fungi in the Rhytismatales order. It contains 55 genera and 728 species. Genera According to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, the following genera are in the Rhytismataceae. The placement of the genus '' Nymano ...

. It is a

decomposer Decomposers are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms; they carry out decomposition, a process possible by only certain kingdoms, such as fungi. Like herbivores and predators, decomposers are heterotrophic, meaning that they use o ...

known to live on dead tissues of ''

Carex capillaris ''Carex capillaris'', the hair-like sedge, is a species of sedge found in North America and northern Eurasia including Greenland. '' Carex tiogana'', from northern California, is sometimes included in ''Carex capillaris''. Two subspecies are acc ...

'', '' Carex machlowiana'', ''

Eriophorum angustifolium ''Eriophorum angustifolium'', commonly known as common cottongrass or common cottonsedge, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. Native to North America, North Asia, and Northern Europe, it grows on peat or acidic soil ...

'' and '' Kobresia myosuroides''.

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Fungi described in 1861 Leotiomycetes {{Leotiomycetes-stub