Diploschistes muscorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Graphidales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Ostropomycetidae Ordo: Graphidales

Familia: Diploschistaceae
Genus: Diploschistes
Species: Diploschistes muscorum
Subspecies: D. m. subsp. bartlettii – D. m. subsp. muscorum

Name

Diploschistes muscorum (Scop.) R. Sant., 1980

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus on Cladonia spp. (rarely on Stereocaulon spp.) when young, later an independent lichen

World distribution: Cosmopolitan in relatively open habitats in Mediterranean, temperate and polar regions and extending to high altitudes in the tropics

Basionym

Lichen muscorum Scop., Flora Carniol. indig. 2: 365 (1772)

Synonyms

Diploschistes bryophilus (Ehrh. ex Ach.) Zahlbr., Hedwigia 31: 34 (1892)
Diploschistes bryophilus f. parasitica (Sommerf.) Servít, 1934
Diploschistes lichenicola (Mont.) Vain., Kolemann. tutkim. Länsi-Siperiassa 4: 105 (1928)
Diploschistes muscorum (Scop.) R. Sant., in Hawksworth, James & Coppins, Lichenologist 12(1): 106 (1980) subsp. muscorum
Diploschistes scruposus f. bryophilus (Ehrh.) Oxner, 1937
Diploschistes scruposus subsp. muscorum (Scop.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Bull. Soc. bot. Centre-Ouest, Nouv. sér., num. spec. 7: 825 (1985)
Diploschistes scruposus var. bryophilus (Ach.) Müll. Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 41 (1892)
Diploschistes scruposus var. parasiticus (Sommerf.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univers. 2: 672 (1924)
Gyalecta bryophila (Ehrh.) Ach., Syn. Lich.: 10 (1814)
Lecanora scruposa var. parasitica Sommerf., Suppl. Fl. lapp. (Oslo) (1826)
Lichen bryophilus Ehrh., 1774
Lichen muscorum Scop., Fl. carniol., Edn 2 (Wien) 2: 365 (1772)
Mellitiosporium lichenicola (Mont. & Fr.) Sacc. [as 'Melittosporium' ], 1890
Patellaria muscorum (Scop.) Hoffm., 1790
Stictis lichenicola Mont. & Fr., 1836
Urceolaria bryophila (Ehrh.) Funck, 1805
Urceolaria lichenicola (Mont. & Fr.) A. Rich., 1877

References

R. Sant., in Hawksworth, James & Coppins, Lichenologist 12(1): 106 (1980)

Hawksworth, D.L.; James, P.W. and Coppins, B.J. (1980) Checklist of British lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi. - Lichenologist 12: 1–115. **[RLL List # 107-35 / Rec.# 7892] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (doi:10.1017/S0024282980000035)

Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Diploschistes (pp. 303-305) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Diploschistes muscorum and distribution map for North America: p. 304; color photo: p. 304, plate 313)

Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Diploschistes (pp. 151-152 ) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp. **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22402] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Diploschistes muscorum and map: p. 152)

Hawksworth, D.L. (1992) Diploschistes Norman, 1853 (pp. 236-238) 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)** (Discussion of Diploschistes muscorum: p. 237)

Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2010) Lichenicolous fungi – worldwide checklist, including isolated cultures and sequences available. Internet (1/12/2011)

Lumbsch, H.T. (1989) Die holarktischen Vertreter der Flechtengattung Diploschistes (Thelotremataceae). - Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 66: 133–196. **[RLL List # 140 / Rec.# 11889] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Illustrations of Diploschistes muscorum: pp. 138, 140 & 174)

St. Clair, L.L. (1999) Diploschistes Norman (pp. 75-76) In, A color guidebook to common Rocky Mountain lichens. M.L. Bean Life Science Museum of Brigham Young University Publisher, 242 pp. **[RLL List # 180 / Rec.# 21417] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Diploschistes muscorum and color photo: p. 75)

Thomson, J.W. (1997) Diploschistes Norman (pp. 217-219) In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages. **[RLL List # 170 / Rec.# 18517] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Diploschistes muscorum: p. 217; distribution map for the American arctic: p. 218)

Thomson, J.W. (2003) Diploschistes Norman (p. 99) In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. **[RLL List # 190 / Rec.# 24161] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Diploschistes muscorum: p. 99)

van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Diploschistes Norman (pp. 172-173) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch. **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 26085] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Diploschistes muscorum: p. 172; color photo: p. 173)

Wirth, V. (1995) Diploschistes Norman (pp. 378-380) - 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)** (Discussion of Diploschistes muscorum and color photo: p. 379)