Endocarpon pulvinatum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Endocarpon
Species: Endocarpon pulvinatum

Name

Endocarpon pulvinatum Th. Fr., 1861

World distribution: Mainly northern, scattered in North America, Greenland, Scandinavia

Synonyms

• Endocarpon tortuosum Herre, 1911

• Pyrenothamnia brandegei (Tuck.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univers. 1: 251 (1921) [1922]

• Pyrenothamnia spraguei Tuck., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 10 (1883)

Homotypic synonyms

• Dermatocarpon pulvinatum (Th. Fr.) Körb., 1863

• Polyblastia pulvinata (Th. Fr.) Jatta, 1900

References

Primary references

• Th. Fr., Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis ser. 3, 3: 357 (1861)

References

• Breuss, O. (2002) Endocarpon (pp. 181-187) 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.# 23054] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Discussion of Endocarpon pulvinatum: pp. 185-186)

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Endocarpon (pp. 307-309) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Endocarpon pulvinatum and distribution map for North America: p. 308; color photo: p. 308, plate 320)

• Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Endocarpon Hedw., 1789 (pp. 240-242) In, The Macrolichens of New England. - Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden No. 96. New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, New York. 584 pp.   **[RLL List # 210 / Rec.# 30032] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Discussion of Endocarpon pulvinatum: p. 241.)

Links

• LIAS

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#15) 27 Aug 2009

• Endocarpon pulvinatum in Index Fungorum.

• Endocarpon pulvinatum in MycoBank.

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Endocarpon pulvinatum

• Cal Photos - Endocarpon pulvinatum

Vernacular names

English: Inflated stippled lichen,   Pulvinate chalice lichen