Coccocarpia erythroxyli

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Coccocarpiaceae
Genus: Coccocarpia
Species: Coccocarpia erythroxyli

Name

Coccocarpia erythroxyli (Sprengel) Swinscow & Krog, 1976   [as 'erythroxili' ]

World distribution: Pantropical and subtropical with a few outlying temperate to arctic localities

Basionym

• Lecidea erythroxyli Spreng., Kungl. Vetensk.-Acad. Nya Handl I: 47 (1820)

Synonyms

• Circinaria erythroxyli (Spreng.) Fée, 1824
• Coccocarpia aurantiaca (Hook. f. & Taylor) Mont. & Bosch, 1855
• Coccocarpia ciliolata Mont., 1848
• Coccocarpia cronia var. aurantiaca (Hook. f. & Taylor) Vain., Ann. Acad. Sci. fenn., Ser. A 15(6): 24 (1921)
• Coccocarpia leucorrhiza Hampe, Linnaea 28: 217 (1856)
• Coccocarpia parmelioides (Hook. f.) Trevis., Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. N. Carol. 3: 80 (1867)
• Coccocarpia pellita var. mesomorpha Müll. Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 92 (1896)
• Coccocarpia pellita var. parmelioides (Hook. f.) Müll. Arg., Revue mycol., Toulouse 9: 139 (1887)
• Coccocarpia pellita var. semiincisa Müll. Arg., Flora, Jena 65: 321 (1882)
• Lecidea erythroxyli Spreng., 1820
• Lecidea parmelioides Hook. f., 1822
• Pannaria aurantiaca (Hook. f. & Taylor) Schwend., 1863
• Pannaria ciliolata (Mont.) Hue, Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9 10: 129 (1902) [1901]
• Pannaria parmelioides (Hook. f.) Colmeiro, 1867
• Parmeliella plumbea Müll. Arg., 1894
• Solorina aurantiaca Hook. f. & Taylor, 1844

References

• Swinscow & Krog, Norw. Jl Bot. 23: 254 (1976)

• Swinscow, T.D.V. and Krog, H. (1976) The genus Coccocarpia in East Africa. - Norweg. Jour. Bot. 23(4): 251–259.   (RLL List # 96 / Rec. # 18079 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

• Arvidsson, L. (1982) A monograph of the lichen genus Coccocarpia. - Opera Bot. 67: 1–96.   (RLL List # 118-5 / Rec. # 988 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustrations of Coccocarpia erythroxyli: pp. 2, 9, 11, 14-15, 17, 20-21, 25-26, 29, 59 & 60)

• Arvidsson, L. and Nash III, T.H. (2002) Coccocarpia (pp. 159-162) 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. # 23044 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Coccocarpia erythroxyli: pp. 160-161; black-and-white photo: p. 160, fig. 45; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 161)

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Coccocarpia (pp. 279-281) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22465 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Discussion of Coccocarpia erythroxyli and distribution map for North America: p. 280; color photo: p. 280, plate 280)

• Swinscow, T.D.V. and Krog, H. (1988) Macrolichens of East Africa. London: British Museum (Natural History), 390 pp.   (RLL List # 135 / Rec. # 18091 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration of Coccocarpia erythroxyli: p. 63)

• LIAS

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

• Australian Biological Resources Study Discussion of Coccocarpia erythroxyli.

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#18) 13 Dec 2012

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Coccocarpia erythroxyli

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

• Photos of Australian lichens - Coccocarpia erythroxyli

Vernacular names

English: Fruiting shell lichen,   Coccocarpia lichen