Collema pulchellum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Collemataceae
Genus: Collema
Species: Collema pulchellum
Varietates: C. p. var. leucopeplum – C. p. var. pulchellum – C. p. var. subnigrescens

Name

Collema pulchellum Ach., 1814

Homotypic synonyms

• Leptogium pulchellum (Ach.) Nyl., Mém. Soc. Imp. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 5: 90 (1857)
• Parmelia pulchella (Ach.) Spreng., Syst. veg., Edn 16 4(1): 292 (1827)
• Parmelia pulchella var. pulchella (Ach.) Spreng., (1827)
• Collema pulcellum ?

Note:

Collema pulchellum Ach. is used by Index Fungorum, while the North American Lichen Checklist and the Lichens of North America use Collema pulcellum Ach. as the name for this species.

Current name

Index Fungorum lists the current name as:
Leptogium corticola (Taylor) Tuck., in Lea 1849

References

• Ach., Syn. meth. lich. (Lund): 321 (1814)   [as 'pulcellum' ]

• Acharius, E. (1814) Synopsis methodica lichenum, sistens omnes hujus ordinis naturalis detectas plantas, quas, secundum genera, species et varietates disposuit, characteribus et differentiis emendatis definivit, nec non synonymis et observationibus selectis illustravit auctor. - Lund. 392 pp.   (Mattick Rec.# 30923 - Literature on Lichens) (PDF file)

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Collema (pages 282-288) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22465 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Collema pulcellum: p. 286)

• LIAS

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Collema pulcellum

Vernacular names

English: Blistered jelly lichen;   Jelly lichen