Acarospora fuscata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acarosporales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Acarosporomycetidae Ordo: Acarosporales

Familia: Acarosporaceae
Genus: Acarospora
Species: Acarospora fuscata

Name

Acarospora fuscata (Schrader) Th.Fr., 1872

Basionym

Lecanora fuscata Schrader, 1794

Synonyms

Acarospora cartilaginea H.Magn.
Acarospora squamulosa (Schrader) Trevisan

References

1. Acarospora fuscata (Schrad.) Th. Fr. Lich. Scand. 1: 215 (1872).
2. Acarospora fuscata Zahlbruckner, A. Catalogus Lichenum Universalis 5 , 1928, page 64
2. A. fuscata Arn. in Verhandl. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, vol. XX, 1870, p. 528.
2. Arnold, F. (1870) Lichenologische Ausflüge in Tirol. 5. Der Rettenstein. Verh. K. K. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien 20: 527–546.
Knudsen, K. (2007) Acarospora (pp. 1–38). In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages. (A. fuscata, pp. 13–14: color photo in central section)
Knudsen, K. (2004) A study of Acarosporas in the lichen flora of the Santa Cruz Peninsula by A. W. C. T. Herre. Bulletin of the California Lichen Society 11: 10–15. [1]
Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Acarospora (pp. 145–148) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (A. fuscata, description pp. 146–47; photo p. 146)
Dobson, F.S. (2000) Acarospora (pp. 45–47) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp. (A. fuscata, description, photo & map)
Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) (1992) Acarospora (pp. 58–63) In, The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp. (A. fuscata, p. 60)
St. Clair, L.L. (1999) Acarospora A. Massal. (pp. 27–29) In, A color guidebook to common Rocky Mountain lichens. M.L. Bean Life Science Museum of Brigham Young University Publisher, 242 pp.(A. fuscata, description & photo)
Thomson, J.W. (1997) Acarospora (pp. 19–35). In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages. (A. fuscata, description p. 23; photo & map p. 24)
Thomson, J.W. (2003) Acarospora (pp. 25–27). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages.
van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Acarospora (pp. 46–50). In: Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages. (A. fuscata, description & photo)
Wirth, V. (1995) Acarospora (pp. 102–114) In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp. (A. fuscata, p. 109)
Index Fungorum
MycoBank
LIAS
USDA Plants Database
North American Lichen Checklist (Apr. 2008)
Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories

Links to photos

Pictures of tropical lichens - Acarospora fuscata
Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Acarospora fuscata
Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Acarospora fuscata
Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Acarospora fuscata
Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Acarospora fuscata

Vernacular names

English: Brown cobblestone lichen; Cracked lichen
日本語: ホウネンゴケ