Mycocalicium americanum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mycocaliciales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Eurotiomycetes Subclassis: Mycocaliciomycetidae Ordo: Mycocaliciales

Familia: Mycocaliciaceae
Genus: Mycocalicium
Species: Mycocalicium americanum

Name

Mycocalicium americanum (R.Sant.) Tibell, 1987

Life Habit: Saprobic, not lichenized.

Basionym

• Calicium americanum R.Sant., 1943

References

Primary

• Tibell, Symb. Bot. Ups. 27, 1: 182 (1987)

• Tibell, L. (1987) Australasian Caliciales. Symb. Bot. Ups. 27: 1–279.   [RLL List # 133 / Rec.# 18614] - (Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustrations of M. americanum: pp. 183-184)

Secondary

• Santesson, R. 1943: South American Calicia collected during the first Regnellian Expedition in 1892-1894. - Arkiv för Botanik\Ark. Bot. 30A, Nr. 14: 1–12.   [Mattick Rec.# 31567] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.) (Illustration of M. americanum: p. 11)

• Tibell, L. (2007) Mycocalicium (pp. 250-254) 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.# 30391] - (Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of M. americanum: pp. 251-252; distribution map for Sonoran Desert Region: p. 252)

Links

• LIAS

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist (Aug 2008)

• Mycocalicium americanum in Index Fungorum.

• Mycocalicium americanum in MycoBank

Link to photo

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Mycocalicium americanum

Vernacular names

English: American mycocalicium lichen