Arthrorhaphis citrinella

Arthrorhaphis citrinella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Baeomycetales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Ostropomycetidae Order: Baeomycetales

Familia: Arthrorhaphidaceae
Genus: Arthrorhaphis
Species: Arthrorhaphis citrinella
Varietates: A. c. var. catolechioides – A. c. var. citrinella

Name

Arthrorhaphis citrinella (Ach.) Poelt, 1969

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Basionym

• Lichen citrinellus Ach., 1796

Synonyms

• Lichen citrinellus Ach., 1796
• Bacidia citrinella (Ach.) Branth & Rostr., Bot. Tidsskr. 3: 235 (1869)
• Bacidia flavovirescens (A. Massal.) Anzi, Catalogus lichenum quos in provincia sondriensi et circa Novum-Comum collegit et in ordinem systematicum digessit: 71 (1860)
• Arthrorhaphis flavovirescens (A. Massal.) Th. Fr., Nova Acta R. Soc. Scient. upsal., Ser. 3 3: 303 (1861) [1860]

References

• Poelt, J. (1969) Bestimmungsschlussel Europaischer Flechten. - Verlag von J. Cramer, Lehre. 757 pp.   (RLL List # 71 / Rec. # 14840 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Arthrorhaphis (pp. 165-166) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22465 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Arthrorhaphis citrinella: pp. 165-166; distribution map for North America and color photo: p. 165)

• Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Arthorhaphis (p. 64) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp.   (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22402 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Arthrorhaphis citrinella: description, distribution map, color photo, and diagram of ascus, p.64)

• Purvis, O.W. (1992) Arthrorhaphis Th. Fr., 1860 (pp. 95-96) In: Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp.   (RLL List # 151 / Rec. # 15105 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Arthrorhaphis citrinella: p. 96)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Arthrorhaphis Th. Fr. (pp. 142-145) - Teil 1 - In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German.   (RLL List # 159 / Rec. # 20405 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Arthrorhaphis citrinella: p. 145; color photo: p. 144)

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011

• Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories (List "A")

• LIAS

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Arthrorhaphis citrinella

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Arthrorhaphis citrinella

• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Arthrorhaphis citrinella)

• Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Arthrorhaphis citrinella

• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Arthrorhaphis citrinella

Vernacular names

English: Golden dot lichen,   Arthrorhaphis lichen