Acarospora thelococcoides

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 thelococcoides

Name

Acarospora thelococcoides (Nyl.) Zahlbr., 1928

Basionym: Lecanora thelococcoides Nyl., 1891

Synonyms

Lecanora thelococcoides
Lecanora pleiospora Nyl. ex Hasse
Lecanora pleistospora Nyl. ex Hasse
Acarospora pleistospora (Nyl.) Hasse
Acarospora pleiospora (Nyl.) Hasse

References

Lich. Cat. 5: 98 (1928).
Zahlbruckner, A. Catalogus Lichenum Universalis 5, 1928, page 98
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. thelococcoides, pp. 35–36; color photo in central section)
Bulletin of the California Lichen Society (2003) 10(2); front cover (photograph of A. thelococcoides) [1]
Index Fungorum
LIAS
USDA Plants Database
North American Lichen Checklist (Apr. 2008)

Links to photos

Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Acarospora thelococcoides

Vernacular names

English: Cracked lichen