Candelariella spraguei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Candelariales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Candelariomycetes Subclassis: Candelariomycetidae Ordo: Candelariales

Familia: Candelariaceae
Genus: Candelariella
Species: Candelariella spraguei

Name

Candelariella spraguei (Tuck.) Zahlbr., 1928

Basionym: Placodium spraguei Tuck., 1882

Type: U.S.A., Colorado, Brandegee.

Habit: Lichenized.

Substratum: On calcium-free rocks.

References

• Zahlbruckner, A. Catalogus Lichenum Universalis 5, 1928, page 802
  • Candelariella Spraguei A. Zahlbr.

• Westberg, M. (2007) Candelariella (Candelariaceae) in western United States and northern Mexico: the 8-spored, lecanorine species. The Bryologist 110(3): 391–419.   (RLL List # 207 / Rec. # 29346 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Candelariella spraguei: pp. 415-16; black-and-white photo of thallus: p. 416, fig. 23; distribution map: p. 417, fig. 24); photo of ascus: p. 418, fig. 25L)

• Westberg, M. and Nash III, T.H. (2007) Candelariella (pp. 378-380) 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.   (RLL List # 210 / Rec. # 30451 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Candelariella spraguei: p. 380; color photo in plate section of vol. 3)

• LIAS

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Candelariella spraguei

Vernacular names

English: Sprague's eggyolk lichen