Megalospora tuberculosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Megalosporaceae
Genus: Megalospora
Species: Megalospora tuberculosa

Name

Megalospora tuberculosa (Fée) Sipman, 1983

Note: Megalospora tuberculosa is the host for Sclerococcum hawksworthii

Basionym

• Lecidea tuberculosa Fée, 1825

Synonyms

• Bacidia pachycarpa (Delise ex Duby) Trevis., 1853
• Bacidia tuberculosa (Fée) Trevis., 1856
• Biatora pachycarpa (Delise ex Duby) Fr., 1831
• Biatora tuberculosa (Fée) Mont., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3 10: 126 (1848)
• Bilimbia pachycarpa (Delise ex Duby) Boistel, 1903

• Bombyliospora inflexa (C.Knight ex F.M.Bailey) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univ. 7: 54 (1930)
• Bombyliospora incana A.L. Sm., Monogr. Brit. Lich. 2: 198 (1911)
• Bombyliospora pachycarpa (Delise ex Duby) A. Massal., Ric. auton. lich. crost. (Verona): 114 (1852)
• Bombyliospora tuberculosa (Fée) A. Massal., Ric. auton. lich. crost. (Verona): 116 (1852)

• Heterothecium tuberculosum (Fée) Flot., 8: 555 (1850)

• Lecidea inflexa C.Knight ex F.M.Bailey, Syn. Queensland Fl., Suppl. 1: 74 (1886)
• Lecidea pachycarpa Fr., Lich. eur. reform. (Lund): 259 (1831)
• Lecidea tuberculosa Fée, Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: 107 (1825) [1824]

• Megalospora inflexa (C.Knight ex F.M.Bailey) Sipman, Biblioth. Lichenol. 18: 154 (1983)
• Megalospora pachycarpa (Delise ex Duby) Bellem. & Hafellner, in Hafellner & Bellemère, Nova Hedwigia 35(2 & 3): 216 (1982) [1981]
• Megalospora pachycarpa H. Olivier, Expo. Syst. Descr. Lich. Ouest Fr. 2: 41 (1900)
• Megaspora pachycarpa (Delise ex Duby) H. Olivier, 1900
• Patellaria pachycarpa Delise ex Duby, Bot. Gall., Edn 2 (Paris) 2: 655 (1830)
• Patellaria tuberculosa (Fée) Spreng., Ann. Acad. Sci. fenn., Ser. A 4(1): 264 (1827)
• Psorothecium tuberculosum (Fée) Stizenb.,: 160 (1862) [1861-1862]

References

• Sipman, Biblthca Lichenol. 18: 156 (1983)

• Sipman, H.J.M. (1983) A Monograph of the Lichen Family Megalosporaceae. - Bibliotheca Lichenologica No. 18. J. Cramer, Vaduz. 241 pp.   (RLL List # 117-83 / Rec. # 17434 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

• Checklist of the lichens of Australia and its Island Territories (List M)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Megalospora tuberculosa

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Megalospora tuberculosa

• Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Megalospora tuberculosa

• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Megalospora tuberculosa   (as Megalospora pachycarpa)

• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Megalospora tuberculosa

Vernacular names

English: Megalospora lichen