Bellemerella

Bellemerella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Verrucariales
Family:	Verrucariaceae
Genus:	Bellemerella; Nav.-Ros. & Cl.Roux (1997)
Type species
	Bellemerella trapeliae; Nav.-Ros. & Cl.Roux (1997)
Species
	B. acarosporae; B. polysporinae; B. ritae; B. trapeliae

Bellemerella is a genus of fungi in the family Verrucariaceae.^[1] All four species are lichenicolous, meaning they grow parasitically on other lichens.^[2]

Species

Bellemerella acarosporae Calat. & Nav.-Ros. (2001)^[3] – host: Acarospora fuscata
Bellemerella polysporinae Calat. & Nav.-Ros. (2001)^[3] – host: Polysporina simplex
Bellemerella ritae Pérez-Ort. & T.Sprib. (2007)^[4] – host: Xylographa
Bellemerella trapeliae Nav.-Ros. & Cl.Roux (1997)^[5] – host: Trapelia

^ Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.
^ Diederich, Paul; Lawrey, James D.; Ertz, Damien (2018). "The 2018 classification and checklist of lichenicolous fungi, with 2000 non-lichenized, obligately lichenicolous taxa". The Bryologist. 121 (3): 340–425. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-121.3.340. S2CID 92396850.
^ ^a ^b Calatayud, Vicent; Navarro-Rosinés, Pere (2001). "Bellemerella acarosporae and B. polysporinae (Verrucariales), two new species of lichenicolous fungi from Spain". Nova Hedwigia. 72 (3–4): 473–478. doi:10.1127/nova.hedwigia/72/2001/473.
^ Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; Spribille, Toby (2007). "Bellemerella ritae sp. nov. (Verrucariaceae), a new lichenicolous ascomycete from northwest North America". Nova Hedwigia. 85 (3–4): 515–520. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2007/0085-0515.
^ Navarro Rosines, P.; Roux, C. (2012). "Bellemerella trapeliae gen. et sp. nov., Ascomycete lichenicole non lichenise (Verrucariales, Verrucariaceae)" [Bellemerella trapeliae gen. and sp. nov., a lichenicolous Ascomycete not a lichen (Verrucariaceae)]. Mycotaxon (in French). 61: 441–454.

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