J. Hafellner and W. Obermayer 2009: The role of Paranectria oropensis in community dynamics of epiphyte synusia on roadside trees. - Herzogia22: 177-190. [RLL List # 218 / Rec.# 31895] Keywords: PARANECTRIA/ LICHENICOLOUS/ EPIPHYTES/ COMMUNITY DYNAMICS/ AUSTRIA/ CLIMATE CHANGE/ PATHOGENIC FUNGI/ ATHELIA
Abstract: [Study in Graz, Austria, showed that Athelia arachnoidea (a corticioid basidiomycete) and the lichenicolous Paranectria oropensis " ... can play a comparably important role in opening lichen synusia on bark. Shortly after the death and the splitting off of the remnants of lichen thalli caused by an invasion with Paranectria oropensis, a recolonization of the bare bark area can be observed."]