Acarospora smaragdula

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 smaragdula
Varietates: A. s. var. lesdainii – A. s. var. smaragdula

Name

Acarospora smaragdula (Wahlenb.) A.Massal., 1852

Basionym: Endocarpon smaragdulum Wahlenb., 1803

Synonyms

Acarospora rufescens (Ach.) Bausch (from N.A. Lichen Checklist)
Acarospora amphibola Wedd., 1875 (from Index Fungorum)
Acarospora scabrida sensu auct. brit., 2002 (from Index Fungorum)
Acarospora fusca B. de Lesd., 1914
Acarospora lesdainii Harm. ex A.L.Sm.
Acarospora murina Sandst.
Acarospora scyphulifera Vain., 1909
Acarospora smaragdula subsp. lesdainii (Harm. ex A.L.Sm.) Clauzade & Cl.Roux, 1981
Acarospora smaragdula var. fusca (B. de Lesd.) Clauzade & Cl.Roux, 1981
Acarospora smaragdula var. murina (Sandst.) H.Magn., 1929
Acarospora smaragdula var. scyphulifera (Vain.) Clauzade & Cl.Roux, 1981
Lecanora smaragdula (Wahlenb.) Nyl., 1872
Lichen smaragdulus (Wahlenb.) Sm., 1805
Myriospora smaragdula (Wahlenb.) Nägeli, 1853
Placodium smaragdulum (Wahlenb.) Müll.Arg., 1862
Polysporinopsis smaragdula (Wahlenb.) Vězda, 2002

References

Ric. Lich. Crost.: 29 (1852)
Massalongo, A.B. (1852) Ricerche sull'autonomia dei licheni crostosi e materiali pella loro naturale ordinazione. - Tip. Frizerio\Verona. xiv, 2-207 pp.
Clauzade, G., Roux, C. and Rieux, R. (1981) Les Acarospora de l'Europe occidentale et de la region mediterraneenne. - Bulletin du Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille 41: 41–93.
Knudsen, K. (2004a) A preliminary study of Acarospora smaragdula var. lesdainii in California. Opuscula Philolichenum 1: 21–24. [1]
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. [2]
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. smaragdula, 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. smaragdula, p. 62)
Thomson, J.W. (1997) Acarospora (pp. 19–35). In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages. (A. smaragdula, description pp. 34–35; map p. 34)
van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Acarospora (pp. 46–50). In: Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages. (A. smaragdula, 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. smaragdula, p. 113; photo p. 113)
LIAS
USDA Plants Database
North American Lichen Checklist (Apr. 2008)
Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories
Index Fungorum
MycoBank

Links to photos

Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Acarospora smaragdula
Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Acarospora smaragdula

Vernacular names

English: Cracked lichen