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Umbilicaria deusta (L.) Baumg.
Umbilicariaceae

Umbilicaria deusta (L.) Baumg.

Umbilicaria deusta (L.) Baumg.

Peppered rock tripe (Umbilicaria deusta) is a widely distributed saxicolous lichen that grows on exposed rocks.

Umbilicaria americana Poelt & Nash
Umbilicariaceae

Umbilicaria americana Poelt & Nash

Umbilicaria americana Poelt & Nash

Umbilicaria americana Poelt & Nash is a lichen with distinct coloration and lobes 2 to 7 cm across.

Umbilicaria cylindrica (L.) Delise
Umbilicariaceae

Umbilicaria cylindrica (L.) Delise

Umbilicaria cylindrica (L.) Delise

Umbilicaria cylindrica is a circumpolar Arctic-alpine foliose lichen that grows on exposed siliceous rock in cold mountainous and polar regions.

Umbilicaria torrefacta (Lightf.) Schrad.
Umbilicariaceae

Umbilicaria torrefacta (Lightf.) Schrad.

Umbilicaria torrefacta (Lightf.) Schrad.

Umbilicaria torrefacta is a Holarctic alpine rocky lichen, historically used as a natural dye in the Scottish Highlands.

Umbilicaria muhlenbergii (Ach.) Tuck.
Umbilicariaceae

Umbilicaria muhlenbergii (Ach.) Tuck.

Umbilicaria muhlenbergii (Ach.) Tuck.

Umbilicaria muhlenbergii is a umbilicate rock lichen with documented traditional uses and a distribution covering eastern North America.

Lasallia papulosa (Ach.) Llano
Umbilicariaceae

Lasallia papulosa (Ach.) Llano

Lasallia papulosa (Ach.) Llano

Common toadskin (Lasallia papulosa) is a single-point-attached umbilicate lichen in the family Umbilicariaceae.

Lasallia pustulata (L.) Mérat
Umbilicariaceae

Lasallia pustulata (L.) Mérat

Lasallia pustulata (L.) Mérat

Lasallia pustulata is a lichen species in the Umbilicariaceae family and the type species of the genus Lasallia.

Ophioparma ventosa (L.) Norman
Ophioparmaceae

Ophioparma ventosa (L.) Norman

Ophioparma ventosa (L.) Norman

Ophioparma ventosa is a cosmopolitan lichen species in the family Ophioparmaceae with two recorded synonyms.

Botryosphaeria dothidea (Moug.) Ces. & De Not.
Botryosphaeriaceae

Botryosphaeria dothidea (Moug.) Ces. & De Not.

Botryosphaeria dothidea (Moug.) Ces. & De Not.

Botryosphaeria dothidea is the type species of the fungal genus Botryosphaeria, with defined morphological and taxonomic characteristics.

Phyllosticta ampelicida (Engelm.) Aa
Phyllostictaceae

Phyllosticta ampelicida (Engelm.) Aa

Phyllosticta ampelicida (Engelm.) Aa

Grape black rot, caused by Phyllosticta ampelicida, is a damaging fungal disease of grapes in warm humid regions worldwide.

Phyllosticta concava Seaver
Phyllostictaceae

Phyllosticta concava Seaver

Phyllosticta concava Seaver

Phyllosticta concava is a fungus that infects Opuntia cacti, first formally described in 1922 by Fred Jay Seaver.

Bathelium carolinianum (Tuck.) R.C.Harris
Trypetheliaceae

Bathelium carolinianum (Tuck.) R.C.Harris

Bathelium carolinianum (Tuck.) R.C.Harris

Bathelium carolinianum is a yellow-pigmented lichen that grows on smooth-barked hardwoods, distinguished from similar species by its colored pseudostroma.

Apiosporina morbosa (Schwein.) Arx
Venturiaceae

Apiosporina morbosa (Schwein.) Arx

Apiosporina morbosa (Schwein.) Arx

Apiosporina morbosa is a North American plant fungus that causes black knot disease in Prunus trees.

Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) G.Winter
Venturiaceae

Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) G.Winter

Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) G.Winter

Venturia inaequalis is a fungus with defined morphology and a seasonal infection cycle that overwinters on host trees.

Seifertia azaleae (Peck) Partr. & Morgan-Jones
Melanommataceae

Seifertia azaleae (Peck) Partr. & Morgan-Jones

Seifertia azaleae (Peck) Partr. & Morgan-Jones

Seifertia azaleae is an ascomycete fungus that acts as a plant pathogen infecting azaleas and rhododendrons.

Leptosphaeria acuta (Fuckel) P.Karst.
Leptosphaeriaceae

Leptosphaeria acuta (Fuckel) P.Karst.

Leptosphaeria acuta (Fuckel) P.Karst.

Leptosphaeria acuta, also called nettle rash, is a plant pathogen found on dead stems of common nettle.

Stigmina carpophila (Lév.) M.B.Ellis
Mycosphaerellaceae

Stigmina carpophila (Lév.) M.B.Ellis

Stigmina carpophila (Lév.) M.B.Ellis

Stigmina carpophila is a fungal plant pathogen that causes shot hole disease in stone fruits of the genus Prunus.

Scorias spongiosa (Schwein.) Fr.
Capnodiaceae

Scorias spongiosa (Schwein.) Fr.

Scorias spongiosa (Schwein.) Fr.

Scorias spongiosa is a sooty mold fungus that grows only on American beech trees, feeding on aphid honeydew.

Pseudocercospora kaki Goh & W.H.Hsieh
Mycosphaerellaceae

Pseudocercospora kaki Goh & W.H.Hsieh

Pseudocercospora kaki Goh & W.H.Hsieh

Pseudocercospora kaki is a fungal plant pathogen that causes persimmon leaf spot, originally found in Taiwan on Diospyros kaki.

Ramularia rubella (Bonord.) Nannf.
Mycosphaerellaceae

Ramularia rubella (Bonord.) Nannf.

Ramularia rubella (Bonord.) Nannf.

Ramularia rubella is an ascomycete plant pathogen that infects Rumex species and is studied for biocontrol of broad-leaved dock.

Mycosphaerella fraxinicola (Schwein.) House
Mycosphaerellaceae

Mycosphaerella fraxinicola (Schwein.) House

Mycosphaerella fraxinicola (Schwein.) House

Mycosphaerella fraxinicola causes leaf spots that start pale green, irregular, turn black when rotten, and measure 5–15 mm across.

Ramularia brunnea Peck
Mycosphaerellaceae

Ramularia brunnea Peck

Ramularia brunnea Peck

Ramularia brunnea is a fungal plant pathogen that infects coltsfoot, first described by Charles Horton Peck.

Ramularia grevilleana (Tul. & C.Tul. ex Oudem.) Jørst.
Mycosphaerellaceae

Ramularia grevilleana (Tul. & C.Tul. ex Oudem.) Jørst.

Ramularia grevilleana (Tul. & C.Tul. ex Oudem.) Jørst.

Ramularia grevilleana is the imperfect stage of the host-specific fungus that causes common spot strawberry disease.

Xanthoriicola physciae (Kalchbr.) D.Hawksw.
Teratosphaeriaceae

Xanthoriicola physciae (Kalchbr.) D.Hawksw.

Xanthoriicola physciae (Kalchbr.) D.Hawksw.

Xanthoriicola physciae is a non-contagious parasitic lichenicolous fungus that infects apothecia of the lichen Xanthoria parietina.

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