Acarospora schleicheri

Acarospora schleicheri

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 schleicheri

Name

Acarospora schleicheri (Ach.) A.Massal., 1852

Basionym

• Urceolaria schleicheri Ach.1810

Synonyms

• Acarospora chrysops (Tuck.) H.Magn.   (from N.A. Lichen Checklist)
• Acarospora epilutescens Zahlbr.   (from N.A. Lichen Checklist)
• Acarospora rhabarbarina Hue   (from N.A. Lichen Checklist)
• Acarospora xanthophana (Nyl.) Jatta   (from N.A. Lichen Checklist)
• Acarospora amabilis H.Magn.   (from N.A. Lichen Checklist)
• Acarospora contigua H.Magn.   (from N.A. Lichen Checklist)
• Acarospora dissipata H.Magn.   (from N.A. Lichen Checklist)
• Acarospora evoluta H.Magn.   (from N.A. Lichen Checklist)
• Acarospora occellata H.Magn., 1956   (from N.A. Lichen Checklist)
• Acarospora rimulosa H.Magn.   (from N.A. Lichen Checklist)
• Acarospora rubicunda H.Magn.   (from N.A. Lichen Checklist)
• Acarospora subcontigua H.Magn.   (from N.A. Lichen Checklist)

References

• Ric. Auton. Lich. Crost. : 27 (1852).
• Massalongo, A.B. (1852) Ricerche sull'autonomia dei licheni crostosi e materiali pella loro naturale ordinazione. Tip. Frizerio\Verona. xiv, 2-207 pp.
• Magnusson, A.H. (1956) A second supplement to the monograph of Acarospora with keys. Goteborgs Kungl. Vetensk.- & Vitterhets.-Samhalles Handl., sjatte foljden ser. B 6(17): 1–34.
• 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. schleicheri, pp. 28–29; color photo in central section)
• Knudsen, K. (2004b) 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. schleicheri, description pp. 147–48; photo p. 147)
• McCune, B. and Rosentreter, R. (2007) Biotic Soil Crust Lichens of the Columbia Basin. Monographs in North American Lichenology 1: 1–105. (A. schleicheri illustration, p. 21)
• 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. schleicheri, 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. schleicheri, description p. 32; map p. 33)
• Index Fungorum
• MycoBank
• LIAS
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist (Apr. 2008)

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Acarospora schleicheri
• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Acarospora schleicheri
• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Acarospora schleicheri)

Vernacular names

English: Soil paint lichen;   Schleicher's cracked lichen