''Stereocaulon vesuvianum'' 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' ...
.
Ecology
''Stereocaulon vesuvianum'' 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 ''
Cercidospora stereocaulorum'',
''
Endococcus nanellus'',
''
Odontotrema stereocaulocola''.
and ''
Scutula stereocaulorum''.
References
Stereocaulaceae
Lichen species
Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon
Lichens described in 1810
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