Muellerella lichenicola is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Verrucariaceae. It was first formally described as a new species in 1826 by Søren Christian Sommerfelt, as Sphaeria lichenicola. David Leslie Hawksworth transferred it to the genus Muellerella in 1979.[1]
| Muellerella lichenicola | |
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| Muellerella lichenicola growing on Caloplaca | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Verrucariales |
| Family: | Verrucariaceae |
| Genus: | Muellerella |
| Species: | M. lichenicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Muellerella lichenicola | |
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It has been reported growing on Caloplaca aurantia, Caloplaca saxicola and Physcia aipolia in Sicily,[2] and on an unidentified crustose lichen in Iceland.[3] In Mongolia, it has been reported growing on the thallus of a Biatora-lichen at 2,800 m (9,200 ft) elevation in the Bulgan district and on Aspicilia at 1,850 m (6,070 ft) elevation in the Altai district.[4] In Victoria Land, Antarctica, it has been reported from multiple hosts, including members of the Teloschistaceae and Physciaceae.[5]