Placidium lacinulatum

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 lacinulatum
Varietates: P. l. var. atrans – P. l. var. erythrostratum – P. l. var. lacinulatum – P. l. var. latisporum

Name

Placidium lacinulatum (Ach.) Breuss, 1996

World distribution: Europe, Asia, northern Africa, the Americas in temperate latitudes

Basionym

• Endocarpon hepaticum var. lacinulatum Ach., Lich. Univ.: 299 (1810)

Synonyms

• Catapyrenium lacinulatum (Ach.) Breuss, Stapfia 23: 92 (1990)
• Dermatocarpon hepaticum var. pruinosum (de Lesd.) Zahlbr., (1938)
• Endocarpon hepaticum ß lacinulatum Ach.

References

Primary

• Breuss, Ann. Naturhist. Museum Wien 98 B Suppl.: 39 (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. (1990) Die Flechtengattung Catapyrenium (Verrucariaceae) in Europa. - Stapfia 23: 1–153.   **[RLL List # / Rec.# 2316] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (PDF file) (Illustration of Placidium lacinulatum: fig. 16)

• Breuss, O. (2000) New taxa of pyrenocarpous lichens from the Sonoran region. - The Bryologist 103 (4): 705–709.   **[RLL List # 182 / Rec.# 21530] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR) (Illustration of Placidium lacinulatum: p. 706)

• 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 lacinulatum: pp. 388-389; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 389; key to four varieties: p. 389)

• Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Placidium (pp. 569-571) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Placidium lacinulatum: pp. 569-570; distribution map for North America: p. 569; color photos: p. 569, plates 687 & 688)

Links

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

• Information on Lichens of Australia - Placidiuim lacinulatum

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Placidium lacinulatum

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Placidium lacinulatum

• Photo from Wayne's Word - Placidium lacinulatum

Vernacular names

English: Brown stipplescale lichen,   Brown earthscale lichen