Dermatocarpon americanum

Dermatocarpon americanum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Dermatocarpon
Species: Dermatocarpon americanum

Name

Dermatocarpon americanum Vainio, 1926

World distribution: North America, from the U.S.A. and Mexico

Notes: Dermatocarpon americanumis characterized by the medulla reaction with Melzer's iodine. This overlooked name is the correct one, for a part of what has usually been called D. miniatum (L.) Mann. in the southern part of North America. (Heidmarsson and Breuss 2004)

References

Primary references

• Zahlbruckner, A. Catalogus Lichenum Universalis 8, 1931-1932, page 67

• Dermatocarpon americanum Vain. in Dansk Botan. Arkiv, vol. IV, no. 11, 1926, p. 25.   (Mexico, rupicola)

• Vainio, E.A. (1926) Lichenes Mexicani a F.M. Liebmann a. 1841-43 collecti, in museo Hauniensi asservati. - Dansk botanisk Arkiv\Dansk Bot. Arkiv 4: 1–25.   **[Mattick Rec.# 22908] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)**

Additional references

• Heiðmarsson, S. and Breuss, O. (2004) Dermatocarpon (pp. 88-93) 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.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 25889] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Discussion of Dermatocarpon amerianum and distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 89)

Links

• LIAS

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to Photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Dermatocarpon americanum