Polycoccum anatolicum is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Polycoccaceae. It was described as a new species by Mehmet Gökhan Halici and Hatice Esra Akgül in 2013. The type specimen was collected growing on the thallus of the dust lichen Lepraria incana, which itself was growing on the trunk on a Prunus species in western Turkey at an altitude of 290 m (950 ft). The specific epithet refers to the type locality in Anatolia.[1]
The fungus causes mild bleaching on infected parts of the surface of the host. It is the only species of Polycoccum known to infect Lepraria. Polycoccum dzieduszyckii is morphologically similar, but can be distinguished from P. anatolicum by its eight-spored asci and its growth on Verrucaria.[1]
Polycoccum anatolicum is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Polycoccaceae. It was described as a new species by Mehmet Gökhan Halici and Hatice Esra Akgül in 2013. The type specimen was collected growing on the thallus of the dust lichen Lepraria incana, which itself was growing on the trunk on a Prunus species in western Turkey at an altitude of 290 m (950 ft). The specific epithet refers to the type locality in Anatolia.
The fungus causes mild bleaching on infected parts of the surface of the host. It is the only species of Polycoccum known to infect Lepraria. Polycoccum dzieduszyckii is morphologically similar, but can be distinguished from P. anatolicum by its eight-spored asci and its growth on Verrucaria.
