Calicium lenticulare

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caliciaceae
Genus: Calicium
Species: Calicium lenticulare

Name

Calicium lenticulare Ach., 1816

Synonyms

• Calicium amylocaule Lettau, 1940
• Calicium lenticulare var. sphaerocephalum (Hoffm.) Zahlbr.
• Calicium subquercinum Asahina, 1932
• Lichen sphaerocephalus (L.) Sw., 1784

References

• Acharius, E. (1816) Afhandling om de cryptogamiske Vexter, som komma under namn av Calicioidea, Andra Stycket. - Acta Reg. Acad. Scient. Holm. 1816: 260–291.   (Mattick Rec.# 33815 - Literature on Lichens)

• Goward, T. 1999. The lichens of British Columbia - Illustrated Keys - Part 2 - Fruticose Species. Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Forests Research Program, 319 pp. (RLL List # 176 / Rec.# 6980 - Recent Literature on Lichens) Online Reference page. : Calicium (pp. 70-75) (Calicium lenticulare, description: p. 74)

• Purvis, O.W.; Coppins, B.J.; Hawksworth, D.L.; James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) (1992) Caliciuim (pp. 138-141) In, The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp.   (RLL List # 151 / Rec. # 15105 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Calicium lenticulare: p. 140)

• Selva, S.B. 2014: The calicioid lichens and fungi of the Acadian Forest ecoregion of northeastern North America, II. The rest of the story. The Bryologist 117(4): 336–367.   (BioOne)   (Calicium lenticulare: p. 339)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Calicium (pp. 201-207) - 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) (Calicium lenticulare, description: pp. 204, 207)

• LIAS

• USDA Plants Database

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

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

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

Vernacular names

English: Spike lichen;   Candle-wax stubble