{{Short description|Species of lichen}} {{Speciesbox | image = Stereocaulon saxatile.jpg | status = G5 | status_system = TNC | status_ref = <ref name=NS>{{cite NatureServe |id=2.127182 |title=''Stereocaulon saxatile'' |access-date=8 November 2025}}</ref> | taxon = Stereocaulon saxatile | authority = [[Adolf Hugo Magnusson|H.Magn.]] }}
'''''Stereocaulon saxatile''''' is a species of [[snow lichen]] belonging to the family [[Stereocaulaceae]].<ref name="GBIF">{{GBIF |id=5261385|taxon=''Stereocaulon saxatile'' |accessdate=11 July 2022}}</ref>
==Ecology== ''Stereocaulon saxatile'' is a known host to the [[lichenicolous fungus]] species:
* ''[[Anzina carneonivea]]''<ref name="Zhurbenko 2010"/> * ''[[Arthonia stereocaulina]]''<ref name="Zhurbenko 2010"/> * ''[[Catillaria stereocaulorum]]''<ref name="Zhurbenko 2010"/> * ''[[Endococcus nanellus]]''<ref name="Zhurbenko 2004"/> * ''[[Odontotrema stereocaulicola]]''<ref name="Zhurbenko 2010"/> * ''[[Phaeosporobolus alpinus]]''<ref name="Zhurbenko 2010"/> * ''[[Protothelenella sphinctrinoidella]]''<ref name="Zhurbenko 2010"/> * ''[[Scutula stereocaulorum]]''<ref name="Zhurbenko 2004"/>
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Zhurbenko 2004">{{cite journal |last1=Zhurbenko |first1=Mikhail P. |date=2004|title=Lichenicolous and some interesting lichenized fungi from the Northern Ural, Komi Republic of Russia |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mikhail-Zhurbenko/publication/348235255_Lichenicolous_and_some_interesting_lichenized_fungi_from_the_Northern_Ural_Komi_Republic_of_Russia/links/5ff47795a6fdccdcb8336fd5/Lichenicolous-and-some-interesting-lichenized-fungi-from-the-Northern-Ural-Komi-Republic-of-Russia.pdf |journal=Herzogia |volume=17 |pages=77-86}}</ref>
<ref name="Zhurbenko 2010">{{cite journal |last1=Zhurbenko |first1=Mikhail P. |date=2010 |title=Lichenicolous fungi and lichens growing on ''Stereocaulon'' from the Holarctic, with a key to the known species |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mikhail-Zhurbenko/publication/348232351_Lichenicolous_fungi_and_lichens_growing_on_Stereocaulon_from_the_Holarctic_with_a_key_to_the_known_species/links/5ff4372b45851553a01e2611/Lichenicolous-fungi-and-lichens-growing-on-Stereocaulon-from-the-Holarctic-with-a-key-to-the-known-species.pdf |journal=Opuscula Philolichenum |volume=8 |pages=9-39}}</ref>
}}
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[[Category:Lichen species]] [[Category:Lichens described in 1926]] [[Category:Stereocaulaceae]] [[Category:Taxa named by Adolf Hugo Magnusson]]
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