Abrothallus bertianus. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Abrothallus bertianus, a parasite of lichens belonging to Melanelia and related genera. Information is included on morphology, associated organisms and substrata, geographical distribution (North America (Canada, British Columbia), Asia (Russia, Turkey), Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales)), dispersal/transmission, conservation status and taxonomic position.

Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Dactylospora parellaria, a biotrophic parasite or parasymbiont of lichen species, Ochrolechia parella and Pertusaria (records need confirmation). Information is included on morphology, associated organisms and substrata, geographical distribution (Africa (Azores), North America (Canada, British Columbia), Asia (Russia), Europe (Austria, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Sweden, UK, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland)), dispersal/transmission, conservation status and taxonomic position.


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Polycoccum pulvinatum, is a gall-inducing parasite developing within thalli of Physcia spp. Information is included on morphology, associated organisms and substrata, geographical distribution (Africa (Canary Islands, Madeira), North America (Canada, Newfoundland, Quebec), South America (Chile, Peru), Asia (Indonesia, Java, Iran, Malaysia), Australasia, (New Zealand), Europe (Albania, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland)), dispersal/transmission, conservation status and taxonomic position.


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Lophiostoma vagabundum, which is considered to be a saprobic fungus, colonizing dead plant tissues. Some information on its dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (North America (Canada, British Columbia), USA (Georgia, New Jersey, Oklahoma), Europe (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, UK)). L. vagabundum as currently circumscribed is a plurivorous species, associated almost exclusively with dead herbaceous stems of species belonging to Apiaceae, Araliaceae, Asteraceae, Balsaminaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Cornaceae, Geraniaceae, Gunneraceae, Hypericaceae, Iridaceae, Juncaceae, Lamiaceae, Lythraceae, Onagraceae, Poaceae, Polygonaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae, Rubiaceae, Salicaceae, Scrophulariaceae and Urticaceae.


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Taeniolella beschiana, a parasite of Cladonia spp. Information is included on morphology, associated organisms and substrata, geographical distribution (North America, USA, Alaska), Asia (Russia), Europe (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, UK, England, Scotland), dispersal/transmission, conservation status and taxonomic position.


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Abrothallus microspermus, a presumed parasite of lichens belonging to Flavoparmelia and related genera. Information is included on morphology, associated organisms and substrata, geographical distribution (North America (USA (Arizona, California, Minnesota, Missouri, Virginia)), Australasia (New Zealand), Europe (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, UK, Northern Ireland, Scotland)), dispersal/transmission, conservation status and taxonomic position.


Author(s):  
T. V. Andrianova

Abstract A description is provided for Phacellium episphaerium, a plant parasite, with records on living, dying and dead leaves. This species is known to be found in mixed broadleaf semi-natural woodland, but from the known geographical distribution and the distribution of associated plants. Some information on its associated organisms and substrata, habitats, dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Africa (Morocco), North America (Canada (British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Nunavut), USA (Wisconsin)), Arctic (Svalbard and Jan Mayen), Asia (China, Japan, Russia, Korea Republic, Uzbekistan), Europe (Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia (Leningrad oblast), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK, former Yugoslavia)) and hosts (Cerastium spp., Stellaria spp. and some other members of the Caryophyllaceae). No reports of negative economic impacts of this fungus have been found.


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Dactylospora parasitica, a biotrophic parasite or parasymbiont of lichens of the genera Ochrolechia and Pertusaria. Information is included on morphology, associated organisms and substrata, geographical distribution (Africa (Azores), North America (USA, Minnesota, Washington), Asia (Turkey), Australasia (New Zealand), Europe (Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, England, Scotland, Wales)), dispersal/transmission, conservation status and taxonomic position.


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Endococcus apiciicola, a biotrophic parasite or parasymbiont of Usnea spp. Information is included on morphology, associated organisms and substrata, geographical distribution (Africa (Canary Islands, Rwanda, Tanzania), North America (Canada, British Columbia), USA (Washington), South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia), Australasia (Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania), Caribbean (Puerto Rico), Europe (France, Germany, UK, England, Wales)), dispersal/transmission, conservation status and taxonomic position.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Geoglossum fallax. Some information on its associated organisms and substrata, habitats, dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (North America (Canada (British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec), USA (California, Michigan, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania)), Asia (India (Assam, Karnataka, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and West Bengal), Japan, Russia and Taiwan), Atlantic Ocean (Bermuda), Australasia (Australia (Victoria) and New Zealand), Europe (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and UK)). No reports of negative economic impacts of this fungus have been found.


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Thecaphora trailii, found developing in inflorescences of the host plant (Cirsium dissectum), not causing noticeable galling but destruction and deformation of floral parts, infected flower heads not opening, the spore mass purplish brown, granular. Some information on its associated organisms and substrata, dispersal and transmission, habitats and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (North America (Canada (British Columbia), USA (Arizona, Colorado, Utah)), Asia (China, Mongolia, Russia (Novosibirsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast)), Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, UK)).


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