Mycoporum compositum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleosporales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Dothideomycetes Subclassis: Pleosporomycetidae Ordo: Pleosporales

Familia: Mycoporaceae
Genus: Mycoporum
Species: Mycoporum compositum

Name

Mycoporum compositum (A. Massal.) R.C.Harris, 1987

Basionym

• Bottaria composita A. Massal., 1856

Synonyms

• Mycoporum pycnocarpum Nyl., 1858   (Source: North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#15) 27 Aug 2009)

• Mycoporum ohiensis (Nyl.) Fink, 1935   (Source: North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#15) 27 Aug 2009)

• Bottaria composita A. Massal., Miscell. Lich.: 42 (1856)

• Dermatina pyrenocarpa (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univers. 1: 550 (1922)

References

• R.C. Harris, in Egan, Bryologist 90(2): 164 (1987)

• Egan, R.S. (1987) A fifth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. - The Bryologist 90(2): 77–173.   **[RLL List # 133 / Rec.# 4699] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR)

Links

• Mycoporum compositum in United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, PLANTS Database.

• Checklist of Australian lichens

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#15) 27 Aug 2009

• Mycoporum compositum in Index Fungorum.

• Mycoporum compositum in MycoBank.

Link to photo

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Mycoporum compositum

Vernacular names

English: Mycoporum lichen