Merismatium Explained

Merismatium is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi of uncertain familial placement in the order Verrucariales. The genus was circumscribed in 1898 by Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf.

Species

, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts six species of Merismatium. Host information is from Diederich et al. (2018).

• Merismatium coccotremicola – host: Coccotrema
• Merismatium corae – host: Cora
• Merismatium deminutum – hosts: Polyblastia, Staurothele, Thelidium, Verrucaria
• Merismatium nigritellum – hosts: Catapyrenium, Leptogium, Lichenomphalia, Lopadium, Micarea, Mycobilimbia, Ochrolechia, Protoblastenia
• Merismatium peregrinum – host: Rimularia
• Merismatium thamnoliicola – host: Thamnolia