Megaspora verrucosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Megasporaceae
Genus: Megaspora
Species: Megaspora verrucosa
Varietates: M. v. var. mutabilis – M. v. var. verrucosa

Name

Megaspora verrucosa (Ach.) Hafellner & V.Wirth, 1987

Basionym

• Lecanora verrucosa Ach., 1810

Synonyms

• Amygdalaria verrucosa (Ach.) Körb., 1855
• Aspicilia verrucosa (Ach.) Körb., 1855
• Lecanora urceolata (Fr.) Wetmore
• Lecanora verrucosa Ach., 1810
• Pachyospora verrucosa (Ach.) A.Massal., 1852
• Pertusaria freyi Erichsen [as 'Freyii'], 1934

References

• In Wirth, Die Flecht. Baden-Württembergs. Verbreitungsatlas (Stuttgart): 511 (1987)

• Wirth, V. (1987) Die Flechten Baden-Wurttembergs. Eugen Ulmer, GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 528 pp.   **[RLL List # 133 / Rec.# 20390] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

References

• Davydov, E.A. and Printzen, C. (2012) Rare and noteworthy boreal lichens from the Altai Mountains (South Siberia, Russia) The Bryologist 115(1): 61–73.   **[RLL List # 227 / Rec.# 33835] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745.115.1.61) [Megaspora verrucosa: p. 67]

• Nash III, T.H. and Ryan, B.D. (2007) Megaspora (pp. 244-245) 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.   **[RLL List # 210 / Rec.# 30227] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

Links

• LIAS

• Megaspora verrucosa in United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, PLANTS Database.

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

• Megaspora verrucosa in Index Fungorum.

• Megaspora verrucosa in MycoBank.

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Megaspora verrucosa

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Megaspora verrucosa

• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Megaspora verrucosa

• Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Megaspora verrucosa

Vernacular names

English: False sunken disk lichen;   Megaspora lichen