Lichenoconium pyxidatae

Lichenoconium pyxidatae is a species of lichenicolous fungus belonging to the class Dothideomycetes.^[2] It has a Holarctic distribution being found in Alaska and various parts of Russia, including Siberia, Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya and Wrangel Island.^[3]

Lichenoconium pyxidatae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Lichenoconiales
Family:	Lichenoconiaceae
Genus:	Lichenoconium
Species:	L. pyxidatae
Binomial name
Lichenoconium pyxidatae (Oudem.) Petr. & Syd. (1927)
Synonyms[1]
Coniothyrium pyxidatae Oudem. (1900)

Host species

Lichenoconium pyxidatae is known to infect numerous host species. It has a preference to growing on the podium of Cladonia lichens. Known host species include:

• Cladonia chlorophaea (sensu lato)^[4]
• Cladonia coniocraea^[4]
• Cladonia deformis^[4]
• Cladonia macroceras^[3]
• Cladonia macrophylla^[4]
• Cladonia pocillum^[3][4]
• Cladonia pyxidata^[4]
• Cladonia rangiferina^[5]
• some unidentified Cladonia species^[4]