Gyalecta flotowii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Gyalectaceae
Genus: Gyalecta
Species: Gyalecta flotowii

Name

Gyalecta flotowii Körber, 1855

Substrate and ecology: On base-rich bark or in nutrient tracks on bark of deciduous trees

World distribution: Europe and North America

Synonyms

• Cappellettia flotovii (Körb.) Tomas. & Cif., 1952
• Lecidea flotovii (Körb.) Leight., 1871
• Secoliga flotovii (Körb.) A. Massal., 1856

References

Primary references

• Körb., Syst. lich. germ. (Breslau): 171 (1855)

• Koerber, G.W. (1855) Systema Lichenum Germaniae (I-XXXIV). Die Flechten Deutschlands mikroscopisch geprüft, kritisch gesichtet, charakteristisch beschrieben und systematisch geordnet. - Breslau.   **[Mattick Rec.# 23705] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)** (Biodiversity Heritage Library)

Additional references

• Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Gyalecta (pp. 164-165) 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 Gyalecta flotowii and map: p. 165)

• James, P.W. and Woods, R.G. (1992) Gyalecta Ach. (1808) (pp. 259-262) 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 Gyalecta flotowii: pp. 260-261; diagram of ascospores: p. 260, fig. 14c)

• Ryan, B.D. and Nimis (2004) Gyalecta (pp. 122-125) 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.# 25902] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Gyalectia flotowii: p. 123)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Gyalecta Ach. (pp. 407-413) - 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 Gyalecta flotowii: p. 410; color photo: p. 410)

Links

• LIAS

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Link to photo

• Lichen Gallery of Leif and Anita Stridvall - Gyalecta flotowii

Vernacular names

English: Dimple lichen