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Muellerella ventosicola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Verrucariales
Family:	Verrucariaceae
Genus:	Muellerella
Species:	M. ventosicola
Binomial name
Muellerella ventosicola (Mudd) D. Hawksw. (2003)
Synonyms
Mycoporum pygmaeum var. ventosicola (Mudd) Jatta Microthelia ventosicola Mudd Tichothecium pygmaeum var. ventosicola (Mudd) G. Winter Pyrenula ventosicola (Mudd) Willey Verrucaria ventosicola (Mudd) Leight. Muellerella pygmaea var. ventosicola (Mudd) Triebel

Muellerella ventosicola is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Verrucariaceae. It shows preference to growing on species of the genus Rhizocarpon but can also associate with other genera.

Muellerella ventosicola has been reported growing on Rhizocarpon geographicum in Iceland, Sicily and in Ukraine, on Rhizocarpon grande in Ukraine and an unknown Rhizocarpon species in the Tatra Mountains of Poland. It has also been reported on the genera Ophioparma and Protoparmelia.

References

1. ^ Brackel, Wolfgang von (2008). "Phoma ficuzzae sp. nov. and some other lichenicolous fungi from Sicily, Italy". Sauteria. 15: 103–120.
2. ^ Brackel, Wolfgang von (2011). "Lichenopeltella rangiferinae sp. nov. and some other lichenicolous fungi from Iceland" (PDF). Acta Botanica Islandica. 15: 51–60.
3. ^ Nadyeina, Olga; Halici, Mahmet Gökhan (2011). "New lichenicolous fungi records for Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine". Mycotaxon. 118: 131–136. doi:10.5248/118.131.
4. ^ Węgrzyn, Michał (2008). "New records of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from the Polish Tatra Mountains". Polish Botanical Journal. 53 (2): 163–168.

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