BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Homostegia piggotii (Berk. & Broome) P. Karst., 1873 (a lichenicolous fungus)
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Hawksworth, D.L., 2004 (Colour photograph) | Fungi living on lichens: a source of unexplored diversity |
Homostegia piggotii may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
ASCOMYCOTA (spore-shooters) |
ASCOMYCETES (spore shooters) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Homostegia piggotii is associated with:
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perithecium | Parmelia omphalodes - a lichen (Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae) | immersed, stromatic perithecium parasitises thallus | 
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Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 |
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perithecium | Parmelia saxatilis - a lichen (Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae) | immersed, stromatic perithecium parasitises thallus |
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Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 |
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perithecium | Parmelia sulcata - a lichen (Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae) | immersed, stromatic perithecium parasitises thallus |
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Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 |
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stroma | Parmelia omphalodes - a lichen (Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae) | superficial, convex stroma parasitises thallus |
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Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 |
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stroma | Parmelia saxatilis - a lichen (Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae) | superficial, convex stroma parasitises thallus |
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Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 |
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stroma | Parmelia sulcata - a lichen (Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae) | superficial, convex stroma parasitises thallus |
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Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 |
Associated with Homostegia piggotii:
Homostegia piggotii may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
ASCOMYCETES (spore shooters) |
References
| Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 | A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles |
