Leprocaulon adhaerens

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Leprocaulales 

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

Familia: Leprocaulaceae
Genus: Leprocaulon
Species: Leprocaulon adhaerens

Name edit

Leprocaulon adhaerens (K. Knudsen, Elix & Lendemer) Lendemer & B.P.Hodk., Mycologia 105 (4): 1007 (2013)   [Mycobank #564059]

Basionym edit

Ecology and substrate: On soil and acid or carbonate rock, usually adhering to lichens and mosses.

References edit

  • Knudsen, K., J.A. Elix, & J.C. Lendemer (2007)   Lepraria adhaerens: A new species from North America. - Opuscula Philolichenum 4: 5 - 10.   [RLL List # 207 / Rec.# 28865 - Recent Literature on Lichens] (PDF file)
  • Lendemer, J.C. & B.P. Hodkinson (2013)   A radical shift in the taxonomy of Lepraria s.l.: Molecular and morphological studies shed new light on the evolution of asexuality and lichen growth form diversification. - Mycologia 105 (4): 994 - 1018.   [RLL Suppl. Rec.# 648 - Recnet Literature on Lichens] (Website)


  • Knudsen, K. (2007) An Annotated Checklist of the Lichens of the Santa Monica Mountains, pp. 35-62. In Knapp, D.A. (ed.) Flora and ecology of the Santa Monica Mountains: Proceedings of the 32nd annual Southern California Botanists symposium. Southern California Botantists Special Publication No. 4, Fullerton, California, 194 pp. (Illustration of L. adhaerens: p. 59)
  • Knudsen, K. and Elix, J.A. (2007) Lepraria (pp. 384-388) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages. (Description of L. adhaerens and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 386)
  • Flakus, A.; Elix, J.A.; Rodriguez, P. and Kukwa, M. (2011). New species and records of Lepraria ( Stereocaulaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) from South America. The Lichenologist 43(1): 57–66. (doi:10.1017/S0024282910000502) (L. adhaerens new to the Southern Hemisphere)


Vernacular names edit