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Data Set Maintenance: Data set compiled. Data set author(s): Cáceres M. Data set not revised; not to be published after submission.

Nomenclature: Current taxonomic status: accepted. Taxonomic rank: species. Stigmidium. Genus incertae sedis: Stigmidium; of unknown placement (incertae sedis).

Taxonomic Literature: Roux C. & Triebel D., Bull. Soc. Linn. Provence 45: 451-542 [480-481] (1994).

Biogeography: Northern hemispheric, subalpine and alpine. Continent: Europe. Region(s): Middle Europe. Country or state(s): Austria.

Ecology: Biotroph; lichenicolous, endosubstratic. Host or Phorophyte Taxonomy: Solorina bispora, S. crocea.

Medulla: Iodine reaction in Lugol's solution positive (BCr+ blue violet intense), strongly reacting.

Reproduction Strategy: With sexual (and possible asexual) stages. Ascocarps: Perithecioid, globose, forming inside the thallus or mycelium of the host, mostly not emerging, becoming adnate, sparse, 43-60 µm wide, 47-62 µm high, with a black surface. Margin: Black, 4-10 µm wide. Exciple: Paraplectenchymatous; hyphae 1-3.5 µm wide, 3-9 µm long, brownish red. Periphyses: Present. Interascal Hyphae: Present; cells 1.5-2.5 µm wide. Hypothecium: Pale brownish red.

Asci: Clavate or cylindrical (broadly subcylindrical), not stipitate or distinctly stipitate (shortly stipitate), 22-34 µm long, 9-11 µm wide; ocular chamber present; ascoplasm dextrinoid (endoascus BCr+ pale violet).

Ascospores: Not uniseriate, c. 8 per ascus, spores 8 per ascus, ellipsoid, (12)-13-15.4-17-(19.5) µm long, (3)-4-4.3-5-(6) µm wide, obtuse; septa present, transversally septate, 1-transversally septate; lumina apically enlarged, constricted at the centre; wall thin, not constricted where the septum meets the spore wall, remaining hyaline, hyaline, in Lugol's Solution positive (perispore BCr+ intense blue; epispore BCr+ pale violet), wall not ornamented or ornamented (mature spores finely verrucose).

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