Hydropunctaria maura

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Hydropunctaria
Species: Hydropunctaria maura

Name

Hydropunctaria maura (Wahlenb.) C.Keller, Gueidan & Thüs in Gueidan et al., Taxon 58(1): 194 (2009). [MycoBank #512882]

Basionym

• Verrucaria maura Wahlenb. in Acharius, Method. Lich. Suppl.: 19 (1803). [MycoBank #120862]

Heterotypic synonyms

• Verrucaria aractina Wahlenb., 1803
• Verrucaria maura var. aractina (Wahlenb.) Torss.
• Verrucaria scotina Wedd., 1875
• Verrucaria zschackeana Erichsen

References

• Acharius, E. 1803. Methodus qua omnes detectos Lichenes secundum organa carpomorpha ad Genera, Species et Varietates redigere atque observationibus illustrare tentavit Erik Acharius., Sect. 1: 1–52, i–lv, 1–152, Sect. 2: 153–393, pl. 1–8. BHL Reference page. 

• Gueidan, C., Savić, S., Thüs, H., Roux, C., Keller, C., Tibell, L., Prieto, M., Heiðmarsson, S., Breuss, O., Orange, A., Fröberg, L., Wynns, A.A., Navarro-Rosinés, P., Krzewicka, B., Pykälä, J., Grube, M. & Lutzoni, F. 2009. Generic classification of the Verrucariaceae (Ascomycota) based on molecular and morphological evidence: recent progress and remaining challenges. Taxon: The Journal of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy 58(1): 184–208. DOI: 10.1002/tax.581019 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Verrucaria (pp. 726-728) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Verrucaria maura description & color photo: p. 728)  (Verrucaria maura now named Hydropunctaria maura)

• Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Verrucaria (pp. 399-408) 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)** (Description of Verrucaria maura: p. 401; color photo and map: p. 402)  (Verrucaria maura now named Hydropunctaria maura)

• Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) (1992) Verrucaria (pp. 630-642) In, The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp.   **[RLL List # 151 / Rec.# 15105] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Verrucaria maura: p. 639)  (Verrucaria maura now named Hydropunctaria maura)

• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Verrucaria (pp. 629-645). In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages.   **[RLL List # 170 / Rec.# 18517] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of Verrucaria maura: p. 638; map: p. 640) (Verrucaria maura now named Hydropunctaria maura)

• van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Verrucaria (pp. 374-389) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 26085] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of Verrucaria maura: p. 384; color photo: p. 385)  (Verrucaria maura now named Hydropunctaria maura)

• Australian lichens - (Discussion of Hydropunctaria maura as Verrucaria maura)

Links

• LIAS

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Hydropunctaria maura (as Verrucaria maura)

• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Hydropunctaria maura   (as Verrucaria maura)

• British Lichens (Photo by M. Sutcliffe) -Hydropunctaria maura (as Verrucaria maura)

• UBC Botanical Garden - Hydropunctaria maura (as Verrucaria maura)

• La Societe Guernesiaise Marine Biology Section Meeting - Hydropunctaria maura (as Verrucaria maura)

• Nature Notes from Skye - Hydropunctaria maura (as Verrucaria maura)

• Alan Silverside's Lichen Pages - Hydropunctaria maura   (as Verrucaria maura)

• Field Studies Council - Rocky Shores - Hydropunctaria maura   (as Verrucaria maura)

• The Marine Life Information Network (Photo by Judith Oakley) - Hydropunctaria maura   (as Verrucaria maura)

Vernacular names

English: Black tar lichen,   Sea tar,   Black seaside lichen