Placidium arboreum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Verrucariales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Eurotiomycetes Subclassis: Chaetothyriomycetidae Ordo: Verrucariales

Familia: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Placidium
Species: Placidium arboreum

Name

Placidium arboreum (Schwein. ex Michener) Lendemer, 2004

Note: Placidium tuckermanii has been found to be a junior synonym of Endocarpon arboreum. Thus, the new combination of Placidium arboreum was proposed. (Lendemer & Yahr 2004)

Synonyms

• Placidium tuckermanii (Ravenel ex Mont.) Breuss, Annln naturh. Mus. Wien, Ser. B, Bot. Zool. 98 (Suppl.): 39 (1996)
• Catapyrenium tuckermanii (Ravenel ex Mont.) J.W. Thomson, Bryologist 90 (1): 36 (1987)
• Dermatocarpon tuckermanii (Ravenel ex Mont.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univers. 1: 238 (1921) [1922]
• Dermatocarpon arboreum (Schwein.) Fink, 1910
• Endocarpon tuckermanii Ravenel ex Mont., 1856
• Endopyrenium tuckermanii (Ravenel ex Mont.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univers. 1: 238 (1921) [1922]

References

Primary

• In Lendemer & Yahr, 2004

• Lendemer, J.C. and Yahr, R. (2004) Changes and additions to the checklist of North American lichens - II. - Mycotaxon 90 (2): 319–322.   **[RLL List # 198 / Rec.# 26789] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Full article)

Secondary

• Breuss, O. (2002) Placidium (pp. 384-393) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages.   **[RLL List # 187 / Rec.# 23103] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Placidium tuckermanii: p. 393) (Placidium tuckermanii = Placidium arboreum)

• Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Placidium (pp. 569-571) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of Placidium arboreum: pp. 570-571; distribution map for North America: p. 570; color photo: p. 570, plate 689 - [all as Placidium tuckermanii])

Links

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#16) 18 June 2010.

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Placidium arboreum

Vernacular names

English: Tree stipplescale lichen