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)