Placidium chilense

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Placidium
Species: Placidium chilense

Name

Placidium chilense (Räsänen) Breuss, 1996

World distribution: South America and southern North America

Basionym

• Dermatocarpon chilense Räsänen, Revista Sudam. Bot. 5: 71 (1938)

Synonymy

• Catapyrenium chilense (Räsänen) Breuss, Pl. Syst. Evol. 185 (1-2): 22 (1993)

References

Primary

• Breuss, Ann. Naturhist. Museum Wien 98 : B Suppl.: 38 (1996)

• Breuss, O. (1996) Ein verfeinertes Gliederungskonzept für Catapyrenium (lichenisierte Ascomyceten, Verrucariaceae) mit einem Schlüssel für die bisher bekannten Arten. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 98 B Suppl: 35–50.   **[RLL List # 166 / Rec.# 2332] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

Secondary

• Breuss, O. (1993) Catapyrenium (Verrucariaceae) species from South America. - Plant Systematics and Evolution 185: 17–33.   **[RLL List # 151 / Rec.# 2321] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (First page) (Illustration of Placidium chilense: p. 22)

• Breuss, O. (2002) Placidium (pp. 384-393) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages.   **[RLL List # 187 / Rec.# 23103] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Placidium chilense: pp. 386-387; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 387)

Links

• LIAS

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#16) 18 June 2010.

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Placidium chilense