Stigmidium ascophylli (Cotton) Aptroot
(a marine ascomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStigmidium ascophylli (a marine ascomycete)
GenusStigmidium (a genus of lichens)
FamilyMYCOSPHAERELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes and lichens)
OrderCAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
SubclassDOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
ClassDOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Stigmidium ascophylli (a marine ascomycete) :
1: Stigmidium ascophylli (a marine ascomycete)
2 Apr 2010 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on receptacles of Egg Wrack
Image 1: Perithecia - magnifiedImage 2: Perithecia - magnified (2)Image 3: Receptacle with perithecia - enlargedImage 4: Receptacle with perithecia - enlarged (2)Image 5: Receptacle with perithecia - highly enlargedImage 6: Asci - highly magnifiedImage 7: Asci - highly magnified (2)Image 8: Asci - highly magnified (3)Image 9: Asci - highly magnified (4)Image 10: Asci - highly magnified (5)Image 11: Ascospores - highly magnifiedImage 12: Perithecium squash showing asci - magnifiedImage 13: Perithecium squash showing asci - magnified (2)Image 14: Perithecium squash showing asci - magnified (3)Image 15: Perithecium squash showing asci - magnified (4)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cotton, A.D. 1907 Notes on marine Pyrenomycetes TBMS Vol 03: 92-99, Pl iv.
Webber, F.C. 1967 Observations on the structure, life history and biology of Mycosphaerella ascophylli TBMS Vol 50 (4): 583-601.

Stigmidium ascophylli (a marine ascomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stigmidium ascophylli (a marine ascomycete)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Stigmidium ascophylli (a marine ascomycete)
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