Muellerella pygmaea
Species of fungus
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Muellerella pygmaea is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Verrucariaceae.[1] It has a cosmopolitan distribution in Arctic-alpine areas and grows on the thallus and apothecia of a number of hosts.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Verrucariales |
| Family: | Verrucariaceae |
| Genus: | Muellerella |
| Species: | M. pygmaea |
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| Muellerella pygmaea | |
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Host species for Muellerella pygmaea include:
- Acarospora sp.[3]
- Acarospora smaragdula[4]
- Aspicilia calcarea[4]
- Candelariella aurella[5]
- Carbonea assentiens[5]
- Lecanora alpigena[5]
- Lecanora muralis[6]
- Lecanora polytropa[6]
- Lecidea grisella[4]
- Lecidea lapicida[7]
- Lecidea obluridata[4]
- Tephromela atra[2]
- Rhizocarpon geographicum[2]
- Rusavskia elegans[3][8]
