Aspicilia candida

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Megasporaceae
Genus: Aspicilia
Species: Aspicilia candida

Name

Aspicilia candida (Anzi) Hue, 1860

Basionym: Aspicilia polychroma var. candida Anzi

References

• Hue, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Ser. 3, 2:64 (1912).

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Aspicilia (pp. 167-170) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description and N. A. distribution map of A. candida: p. 167; color photo: p. 168)

• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Aspicilia (pp. 52-96). In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages. (Description of A. candida: pp. 66 & 69; black-and-white photo, and distribution map: p. 67)

• Index Fungorum

• LIAS

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist (July 2008)

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Aspicilia candida

Vernacular names

English: Chalky sunken disk lichen;   Rimmed lichen