Muellerella pygmaea

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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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}} 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:

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{{cite journal |last1=Joshi |first1=Yohesh |last2=Kumar |first2=Pradeep |last3=Yadav |first3=Arjun Lal |last4=Suda |first4=Niranjan |last5=Halda |first5=Joseph P. |date=2021 |title=Distribution and diversity of lichenicolous fungi from western Himalayan Cold Deserts of India, including a new Zwackhiomyces species |doi= 10.12905/0380.sydowia73-2020-0171 |journal=Sydowia |volume=73}}

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{{cite journal |last1=Zhurbenko| first1=Mikhail P. |date=2013 |title=A first list of lichenicolous fungi from India |doi=10.12664/mycobiota.2013.03.03 |journal=Mycobiota |volume=3 |pages=19-34|doi-access=free }}

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Category:Verrucariales

Category:Fungi described in 1855

Category:Taxa named by Gustav Wilhelm Körber

Category:Fungi of Iceland

Category:Fungus species

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