Opegrapha vulgata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Arthoniales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Arthoniomycetes Ordo: Arthoniales

Familia: Opegraphaceae
Genus: Opegrapha
Species: Opegrapha vulgata
Varietates: O. v. var. abbreviata – O. v. var. parallela

Formae: O. v. f. abbreviata - O. v. f. vulgata

Name

Opegrapha vulgata (Ach.) Ach., 1803

Life habit: lichenized.

Substrate: on +/- shaded, smooth, young bark or smooth areas on old trunks.

Basionym

• Lichen vulgatus Ach., 1798

Synonyms

• Graphis vulgata (Ach.) Wallr., 1831
• Hysterina vulgata (Ach.) Gray, 1821
• Lichen vulgatus Ach., 1798
• Opegrapha cinerea Chevall., 1822
• Opegrapha confluens (Ach.) Stizenb., 1865
• Opegrapha devulgata Nyl., 1879
• Opegrapha lithyrga var. confluens Ach., 1810
• Opegrapha siderella sensu auct. brit. p.p., 2002
• Opegrapha vulgata var. siderella sensu auct. brit. p.p., 2002
• Opegrapha vulgata var. vulgata (Ach.) Ach., 1803
• Pyrenotea lutea Leight.

References

• Ach., Method. Lich.: 20 (1803)

• Acharius, E. (1803) Methodus qua omnes detectos lichenes secundum organa carpomorpha ad genera, species et varietates redigere atque observationibus illustrare tentavit Erik Acharius (Methodus Lichenum). Cum tab. aen. Stockholm. (O. vulgata: p. 20) (PDF file)

• Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Opegrapha (p. 246-251) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp. (Description, distribution map, and color photo of O. vulgata: p. 248)

• Ertz, D. and Egea, J.M. (2007) Opegrapha (pp. 255-266) 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. (Description of O. vulgata: pp. 265-266; distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 266)

• Pentecost, A. and James, P.W. (1992) Opegrapha (pp. 404-415) In: Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp. (Description of O. vulgata: p. 415; diagram of ascospores: p. 409, fig. 18f)

• Puntillo, D. (1996) I Licheni di Calabria. Monografie XXII. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 229 pp. (Illustration of O. vulgata: plate 27)

• van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Opegrapha (pp. 266-275) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch. (Description of O. vulgata: p. 274; color photo: p. 275)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Opegrapha (pp. 620-629 - Teil 2) In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German. (O. vulgata: p. 629)

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist (Aug 2008)

• LIAS

• MycoBank

• Index Fungorum

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Opegrapha vulgata

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Opegrapha vulgata

• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Opegrapha vulgata

Vernacular names

English: Scribble lichen
Nederlands: Wit schriftmos