Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Dothideomycetes
Genus: Homostegia
Species: Homostegia piggotii

Name

Homostegia piggotii (Berk. & Broome) P. Karst., 1873


Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Basionym
  • Dothidea piggotii Berk. & Broome, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 2, 9: 385 (1852)

References

Primary references

  • P. Karst., Bidr. Känn. Finl. Nat. Folk 23: 222 (1873)
  • Saccardo, P.A. Sylloge Fungorum II: 649 (1883)
  • Homostegia piggotii (B. et Br.) Karst. Myc. Fenn. II, p. 222.

Selected reference

  • Esslinger, T.L. and Egan, R.S. (1995) A sixth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. - The Bryologist 98(4): 467–549.   **[RLL List # 161 / Rec.# 5195] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR)

Vernacular names

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