Sclerococcum sphaerale

Taxon

Sclerococcum sphaerale

Authority
(Ach.) Fr. (1825)
Conservation Status
LC (Key)
BLS Number
1848
Taxon Photo
Lepra corallina, Sclerococcum sphaerale, Mynydd Preseli, Pembroke
General Description

A fungal parasite found on Lepra corallina the thalli of which commonly support black sporodochial tufts of the lichenicolous hyphomycete of this fungus, the presence of which suppresses isidial formation in the host. Also rarely recorded on Pertusaria pseudocorallina.

Distribution Map
Sclerococcum sphaerale 10km sq distribution map
Sclerococcum sphaerale 10km sq distribution map
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