Merismatium
Genus of fungi
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Merismatium is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi of uncertain familial placement in the order Verrucariales.[1] The genus was circumscribed in 1898 by Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf.[2]
| Merismatium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Verrucariales |
| Genus: | Merismatium Zopf (1898) |
| Type species | |
| Merismatium lopadii (Anzi) Zopf (1898) | |
| Species | |
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M. coccotremicola | |
Species
As of October 2022[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts six species of Merismatium.[3] Host information is from Diederich et al. (2018).[4]
- Merismatium coccotremicola Etayo (2008) – host: Coccotrema
- Merismatium corae (Pat.) Etayo & R.Sant. (2010) – host: Cora
- Merismatium deminutum (Arnold) Cl.Roux & Nav.-Ros. (2002) – hosts: Polyblastia, Staurothele, Thelidium, Verrucaria
- Merismatium nigritellum (Nyl.) Vouaux (1913) – hosts: Catapyrenium, Leptogium, Lichenomphalia, Lopadium, Micarea, Mycobilimbia, Ochrolechia, Protoblastenia
- Merismatium peregrinum (Flot.) Triebel (1990) – host: Rimularia
- Merismatium thamnoliicola Alstrup & E.S.Hansen (2001)[5] – host: Thamnolia
