''Stereocaulon myriocarpum'' is a species of
snow lichen
''Stereocaulon'' is a genus of lichens. Members of ''Stereocaulon'' are commonly called snow lichens.
Species
*'' Stereocaulon alpinum''
*'' Stereocaulon apocalypticum''
*'' Stereocaulon arcticum''
*'' Stereocaulon arenarium''
*'' Stereocau ...
belonging to the family
Stereocaulaceae.
Ecology
''Stereocaulon myriocarpum'' is a known host to the
lichenicolous fungus species:
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Arthonia stereocaulina
''Arthonia stereocaulina'' is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Arthoniaceae.
Distribution
''Arthonia stereocaulina'' has been reported from Alaska, Canada, Iceland, Russia and Svalbard.
Host species
As the name suggests, ''Artho ...
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Endococcus nanellus
''Endococcus nanellus'' is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the order Dothideales. It is known from Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Hawaii, Japan, Russia, South-Korea, and Kazakhstan.
Host species
''Endococcus nanellus'' is known to infect numero ...
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Polycoccum trypethelioides
''Polycoccum'' is a genus of lichenicolous fungi
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 l ...
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References
Stereocaulaceae
Lichen species
Taxa named by Theodor Magnus Fries
Lichens described in 1857
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