''Stereocaulon rivulorum'' 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 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' ...

Ecology

''Stereocaulon rivulorum'' 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 ...

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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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Catillaria stereocaulorum ''Catillaria'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Catillariaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852. It is the type genus of Catillariaceae, which was circumscribed by Austrian l ...

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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 ...

'' * '' Dactylospora deminuta'' * '' Diploschistes muscorum'' * '' Lasiosphaeriopsis stereocaulicola'' * ''

Lichenopeltella stereocaulorum ''Lichenopeltella stereocaulorum'' is a species of lichenicolous fungus belonging to the class Dothideomycetes. It was described in 2010 from an infected specimen of '' Stereocaulon botryosum''. It has a similar appearance to ''Lichenopeltella ...

'' * '' Licheonsticta dombrovskae'' * '' Niesslia peltigericola'' * ''

Opegrapha stereocaulicola ''Opegrapha'' is a genus of lichenized fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organis ...

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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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Rhymbocarpus stereocaulorum ''Rhymbocarpus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi in the family Cordieritidaceae. It has 10 species. The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf in 1896, with '' Rhymbocarpus punctiformis'' assigned ...

'' * '' Sphaerellothecium araneosum'' * '' Sphaerellothecium stereocaulorum'' * ''

Taeniolella christiansenii ''Taeniolella'' is a genus of asexual fungi hyphomycetes in the family Mytilinidiaceae. Some of the species are lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling), others are saprophytic, while others are endophytic. The genus was circumscribed in 1958 by Canadian ...

References

Stereocaulaceae Lichen species Taxa named by Adolf Hugo Magnusson Lichens described in 1926 {{Lecanorales-stub