Muellerella pygmaea
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| image = Muellerella pygmaea var. athallina 93748.jpg
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| taxon = Muellerella pygmaea
| authority = (Körb.) D.Hawksw. (1979)
| synonyms =
- Mycoporum pygmaeum (Körb.) Jatta
- Tichothecium pygmaeum var. ecatonosporum Anzi & G. Winter
- Microthelia ecatonospora Anzi
- Microthelia pygmaea Körb.
- Tichothecium pygmaeum (Körb.) Körb.
- Sychnogonia pygmaea (Körb.) Trevis.
- Endococcus pygmaeus (Körb.) Th. Fr.
- Tichothecium sporastatiae Anzi
- Pyrenula pygmaea (Körb.) Tuck.
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Muellerella pygmaea is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Verrucariaceae.{{Catalogue of Life
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|title=Muellerella pygmaea (Körb.) D. Hawksw.
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}} It has a cosmopolitan distribution in Arctic-alpine areas and grows on the thallus and apothecia of a number of hosts.
Host species for Muellerella pygmaea include:
References
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{{cite journal |last1=Svane |first1=Svanhildur Jónsdóttir |last2=Alstrup |first2=Vagn |date=2004 |title=Some lichenicolous fungi from Iceland |url=https://utgafa.ni.is/Acta-Botanica-Islandica/Acta-Botanica-Islandica-14/Acta-Botanica-Islandica-14-2.pdf |journal=Acta Botanica Islandica |volume=14 |pages=53-58}}
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Category:Fungi described in 1855
Category:Taxa named by Gustav Wilhelm Körber
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