BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Sclerococcum sphaerale (Ach. ex Ficinus & C. Schub.) Fr., 1819 (a lichenicolous dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete)
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Hawksworth, D.L., 2004 (Colour photograph) | Fungi living on lichens: a source of unexplored diversity |
Sclerococcum sphaerale 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
Sclerococcum sphaerale is associated with:
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Sclerococcum dematiaceous anamorph, sporodochial tufts | Pertusaria - a genus of crustose lichens (Pertusariales: Pertusariaceae) | sporodochial tufts of Sclerococcum dematiaceous anamorph lives on/in thallus | 
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Hawksworth, D.L., 1979 [tending to depress the formation of isidia] |
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Sclerococcum dematiaceous anamorph, sporodochial tufts | Pertusaria corallina - a lichen (Pertusariales: Pertusariaceae) | sporodochial tufts of Sclerococcum dematiaceous anamorph lives on/in thallus | 
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Hawksworth, D.L., 1979 [tending to depress the formation of isidia] |
| Sclerococcum dematiaceous anamorph, sporodochial tufts | Pertusaria pseudocorallina - a lichen (Pertusariales: Pertusariaceae) | sporodochial tufts of Sclerococcum dematiaceous anamorph lives on/in thallus |
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Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 [tending to depress the formation of isidia] |
Associated with Sclerococcum sphaerale:
Sclerococcum sphaerale 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., 1979 | The Lichenicolous Hyphomycetes |
| Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 | A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles |
