Chaenotheca xyloxena

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coniocybales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Coniocybomycetes Ordo: Coniocybales

Familia: Coniocybaceae
Genus: Chaenotheca
Species: Chaenotheca xyloxena

Name

Chaenotheca xyloxena Nádv., 1934

Substrate and ecology (Sonoran Desert Region): Almost exclusively on wood, preferably on that of Picea, Pinus, Alnus and Quercus and rarely on bark of Picea, Larix and Quercus.

References

Primary

• Nádv., Feddes Repert. 36: 308 (1934)

• Nádvornik, J. (1934) Calicieae-Studien aus der Tschechoslowakei. - Feddes Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis\Feddes Repert. spec. nov. regn. veg. 36: 307–310.   [Mattick Rec.# 28874] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)

Secondary-

• 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. : Chaenotheca (Th. Fr.) Th. Fr. (pp. 76-88) (Description of C. xyloxena: p. 87; fig. 18a, p. 81)

• Purvis, O.W. and James, P.W. (1992) Chaenotheca (Th.Fr.) Th.Fr., 1860 (pp. 177-182) 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 C. xyloxena: p. 182)

• 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)   (Chaenotheca xyloxena: p. 348)

• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Chaenotheca Th. Fr. (pp. 66-69) In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages.   [RLL List # 190 / Rec.# 24161] - (Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of C. xyloxena: p. 69)

• Tibell, L. (1980) The lichen genus Chaenotheca in the Northern Hemisphere. - Symbolae Botanicae Upsaliensis 33: 1–65.   [RLL List # 111-80 / Rec.# 18602] - (Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration of C. xyloxena: fig. 18)

• Tibell, L. (1999) Calicioid lichens and fungi. - In: Ahti, T.; Jørgensen, P.M.; Kristinsson, H.; Moberg, R.; Søchting, U.; Thor, G. (eds.): Nordic Lichen Flora. Volume 1. Introductory Parts. Calicioid Lichens and Fungi. Nordic Lichen Society, Uddevalla, pp. 20-94.   [RLL List # 182 / Rec.# 21646] - (Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration of C. xyloxena: plate 4)

• Tibell, L. (2002) Morphological variation and ITS phylogeny of Chaenotheca trichialis and C. xyloxena (Coniocybaceae, lichenized Ascomycetes). - Annales Botanici Fennici 39(1): 73–80.   [RLL List # 194 / Rec.# 25272] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)
• Tibell, L. and Ryan, B.D. (2004) Chaenotheca (pp. 57-61) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages. (Description of C. xyloxena: p. 61)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Chaenotheca (Th. Fr.) Th. Fr. (pp. 277-286) - 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 C. xyloxena: p. 286)

Links

• LIAS

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

• Chaenotheca xyloxena in Index Fungorum.

• Chaenotheca xyloxena in MycoBank

Links to photos

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

Vernacular names

English: Snag whiskers