Lecanora xylophila

Lecanora xylophila

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lecanoraceae
Genus: Lecanora
Species: Lecanora xylophila

Name

Lecanora xylophila Hue 1895

Locality/Habit: Japan: lignicolous

Synonyms

• Lecanora grantii H.Magn.
• Lecanora laevis Poelt, Ber. dt. bot. Ges. 29: 64 (1952)

Note:

• North American records for Lecanora laevis Poelt, are Lecanora xylophila.

References

• Zahlbruckner, A. Catalogus Lichenum Universalis 5, 1928. Page 601
  • Lecanora xylophila Hue in Annal. Mycolog., vol. XIII, 1895, p. 91.   (Japonica, lignicola)

• Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Lecanora (pp. 372-390) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22465 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Lecanora xylophila: pages 389-390).

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Lecanora xylophila

Vernacular names

English: Driftwood rim-lichen