Syzygospora physciacearum Diederich

Millanes, Ana M., Diederich, Paul, Westberg, Martin, Knutsson, Tommy & Wedin, Mats, 2014, Tremellarhizocarpicola sp. nov. and other interesting lichenicolous Tremellales and Filobasidiales in the Nordic countries, MycoKeys 8, pp. 31-41 : 35

Taxon classification Fungi Tremellales Carcinomycetaceae

Syzygospora physciacearum Diederich

Note.

New to Iceland and to the Swedish provinces Öland, Södermanland, and Västergötland.

This species is widely distributed, with numerous records in Africa, America, Asia, and Europe ( Diederich 1996, van den Boom and Alstrup 1996, van den Boom et al. 1998, Motiejūnaitė 1999, van den Boom and Giralt 1999, Halonen et al. 2000, Kukwa et al. 2002, Himelbrant et al. 2013, Urbanachivene et al. 2013). In the Nordic countries it has been recorded in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark ( Diederich 1996, Puolasmaa et al. 2008, Hemberg 2013).

Specimens examined.

ICELAND. W of Reyðarfjörður, lake Lagarfljót, SW of Hallormsstaður, Atlavík cove, W of Atlavík camping, siliceous rock outcrops in native Betula forest, on Physcia tenella subsp. marina, 4 Aug 2013, P. Diederich 17521 (private herb.). SWEDEN. Södermanland: Tyresö par., before the entrance of Tyresta National Park, on dead Populus , on Physcia adscendens , 56°10.26'N, 18°14.2'E, 3 m, 5 Apr 2014, A. Millanes 1028, S. Fernández-Brime & M. Westberg (S: F-255317). Västergötland: Österplana par., Mt. Kinnekulle, Österplana hed, E of Nyängarna, 58° 33.83 N, 13°24.5'E, 140 m, on Fraxinus , on Physcia tenella , 4 May 2009, M. Wedin 8392 (S: F-255318). Öland: Smedby par., Nedra Västerstad, garden in the N. part of the village., on old Syringa sp., on Physcia tenella , 56°25'27 N, 16°24'47 E, 29 Jan 2011, T. Knutsson 2011-002 (private herb.).