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