Gyalecta foveolaris

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 foveolaris

Name

Gyalecta foveolaris (Ach.) Schaerer, 1836

Substrate and ecology: On mosses and soil associated with basic and serpentine rocks

World distribution: Circumpolar arctic-alpine in Eurasia and North America (Arctic and western mountains)

Basionym

• Urceolaria foveolaris Ach., 1803

Synonyms

• Lecidea foveolaris (Ach.) Nyl., 1855
• Lichen foveolaris (Ach.) Wahlenb., 1812
• Petractis foveolaris (Ach.) A. Massal., 1853
• Secoliga foveolaris (Ach.) A. Massal., 1856
• Urceolaria foveolaris Ach., Method. Lich.: 149 (1803)

References

Primary references

• https://web.archive.org/web/20200320030637/http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/02848/0708.htm
  • Gyalecta foveolaris Schaer., Lich. Helvet. Spicil., sect. 7, 1836, p. 360.

• Schaerer, L.E. 1836: Lichenum Helveticorum Spicilegium. Pars 1. Sect. 7:321-380.

Additional references

• 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 foveolaris: p. 261)

• 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 Gyalecta foveolaris: pp. 123-124)

• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Gyalecta Ach. (pp. 237-242) 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 Gyalecta foveolaris: p. 239; black-and-white photo and distribution map for the American arctic: p. 238)

Links

• LIAS

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Gyalecta foveolaris

Vernacular names

English: Dimple lichen