The new lichenicolous fungus, Gelatinopsis acarosporicola, is described from southern California in western North America, where it grows on Acarospora socialis. It differs from the three other lichenicolous species, G. ericetorum, G. leptogii and G. roccellae in having subglobose to broadly ellipsoid ascospores and host selection.
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1 June 2009
Gelatinopsis acarosporicola (Helotiaceae), a new lichenicolous fungus on Acarospora socialis from western North America
Jana Kocourková,
Kerry Knudsen
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The Bryologist
Vol. 112 • No. 2
Summer 2009
Vol. 112 • No. 2
Summer 2009
Acarospora
California
Calloriopsideae
fungicolous
Gelatinopsis
Helotiales
lichenicolous fungi