Name:		Tichothecium pygmaeum Körb., Parerga Lichenologica (1853) page 467 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Muellerella pygmaea (Körb.) D. Hawksw.
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Tichothecium Flot. [Genus] Verrucariaceae Zenker [Family] Verrucariales Mattick ex D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. [Order] Chaetothyriomycetidae Doweld [Subclass] Eurotiomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Tichothecium pygmaeum var. ecatonosporum Anzi & G. Winter Tichothecium pygmaeum var. ecatonspora Anzi & G. Winter Tichothecium pygmaeum var. erraticum Tichothecium pygmaeum var. fusco-atrae (Stein) Vouaux Tichothecium pygmaeum var. grandiuscula Arnold Tichothecium pygmaeum var. incoloratum Werner Tichothecium pygmaeum var. microcarpa Anzi Tichothecium pygmaeum var. pygmaeum Tichothecium pygmaeum var. ventosicola (Mudd) G. Winter
Catalogue data:		Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 4 (Additamenta ad Volumina I-IV): 121, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 9: 726, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 12: 781, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 20: 951, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 22: 177, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 24 (2): 927
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]