Stereocaulon alpinum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Stereocaulaceae |
Genus: | Stereocaulon |
Species: | S. alpinum
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Binomial name | |
Stereocaulon alpinum | |
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Stereocaulon alpinum is a species of fungus belonging to the family Stereocaulaceae.[1] It is similar to Stereocaulon paschale but differs from it in containing cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc while S. paschale contains cyanobacteria of the genus Stigonema, which have a darker colour than Nostoc.[2]
Stereocaulon alpinum is a known host species to lichenicolous fungi, which are pathogenic or commensal species living on the surface or in the thallus of the lichen. These include: