''Stereocaulon glareosum'' is a species of
snow lichen belonging to the family
Stereocaulaceae
The Stereocaulaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Lecanorales. It contains five genera. Species of this family are widely distributed in temperate boreal and austral regions.
Genera
*'' Hertelidea'' – 6 spp.
*''Lepraria'' ...
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Ecology
''Stereocaulon glareosum'' is a known host to 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 of the lichen, which is known as a lichenized fungus. They are most commonly specific to ...
species:
* ''
Arthonia stereocaulina''
* ''
Cercidospora stereocaulorum''
* ''
Endococcus nanellus''
* ''
Lasiosphaeriopsis stereocaulicola''
* ''
Lichenosticta dombrocskae''
* ''
Merismatium decolorans''
* ''
Polycoccum trypethelioides''
* ''
Rhymbocarpus stereocaulorum''
* ''
Taeniolella christiansenii''
References
Stereocaulaceae
Lichen species
Lichens described in 1914
Taxa named by Vsevolod Savich
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