Polycoccum laursenii

Polycoccum laursenii is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Polycoccaceae. It was first described as a new species in 2004 by Russian mycologist Mikhail Petrovich Zhurbenko. It is found in Alaska^[1] and in Russia.^[2]

Polycoccum laursenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Trypetheliales
Family:	Polycoccaceae
Genus:	Polycoccum
Species:	P. laursenii
Binomial name
Polycoccum laursenii Zhurb. (2004)[1]

It is similar to Polycoccum cladoniae but differs from it in having smaller spores.^[1]

Ecology

Polycoccum laursenii is a lichenicolous fungus, meaning that it infects lichens. Its only documented host species is Cladonia pocillum.^[1][2]