''Stereocaulon tomentosum'' 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 tomentosum'' 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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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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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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Stigmidium beringicum ''Stigmidium'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-eating) fungi in the family Mycosphaerellaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Italian botanist Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon in 1860, with '' Stigmidium schaereri'' assigned ...

References

Lichen species Lichens described in 1825 Stereocaulaceae Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries {{Lecanorales-stub