Leptogium digitatum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Collemataceae
Genus: Leptogium
Species: Leptogium digitatum

Name

Leptogium digitatum (A. Massal.) Zahlbr., 1925

Basionym

• Stephanophorus digitatus A. Massal., Misc. Lich.: 45. 1856. TYPE: Ecuador Prov. Pastaza, Mera. Rio Pastaza valley, mountain rainforest, 1000 m alt., epiphytic [on moss], 1972, L. Arvidsson & D. Nilson s/n (neotype: GB!; isoneotype: UPS, fide Jørgensen (1973). [Note that a duplicate was never deposited in UPS, according to the curator, Anders Nordin].

References

Primary

• Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univ. 3: 176 (1925).

• Zahlbruckner, A. Catalogus Lichenum Universalis 3, 1925. Page 176.
  • Leptogium digitatum Zahlbr.

Secondary

• Jørgensen, P.M. and Nash III, T.H. (2004) Leptogium (pages 330-350).In T.H. Nash III,T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P; Gries, C. & Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, 742 pages.   (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 25922 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Leptogium digitatum: pp. 339-340)

• Kitaura, M.J. and Marcelli, M.P. 2013. A revision of Leptogium species with spherical-celled hairs (section Mallotium p.p.). The Bryologist 116(1): 15–27. (Abstract) (Leptogium digitatum: p. 21; Figs. 7, 8 & 9)

• LIAS

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#18) 13 Dec 2012

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Vernacular names

English: Finger skin lichen