Leprocaulon

Leprocaulon

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Leprocaulaceae
Genus: Leprocaulon
Species: L. adhaerens – L. americanum – L. beechingii – L. calcicola – L. coriense – L. knudsenii – L. nanum – L. nicholsiae – L. quisquiliare – L. santamonicae – L. terricola – L. textum

Name

Leprocaulon Nyl., 1878

Type species: Leprocaulon quisquiliare (Leers) M. Choisy

References

Primary references

• Nyl., in Lamy, Bull. Soc. bot. Fr. 25: 352 (1878)

• Lamy de la Chapelle, E. (1878) Catalogie raisonné des lichens du Mont-Dore et de la Haute Vienne. - Bulletin de la Societé Botanique de France\Bull. Soc. Bot. France 25: 321–536.   **[Mattick Rec. # 28098] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)** (Biodiversity Heritage Library)

References

• Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Leprocaulon (pp. 397-398) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (The Book)   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

• Ryan, B.D. (2002) Leprocaulon (pp. 262-264) 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.# 23074] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**
• USDA Plants Database

Links

• Leprocaulon in Index Fungorum.

• Leprocaulon in MycoBank.

Vernacular names

English: Cottonthread lichens,   Mealy lichens