Placidium lesdainii

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 lesdainii

Name

Placidium lesdainii Breuss, 2002

Diagnosis: Habitu Placidio acrosporoidi congruens a quo differt sporis angustiore ellipsoideis medullaque subparaplectenchymatica.

Type: MEXICO, Baja California Sur, along Rte 1, 68 km NE of Ciudad Insurgentes, 25°36' N, 111°29' W, in pass through the Sierra de la Giganta, on intrusive volcanic rock, 400m, 8.1.1989; T.H. Nash 26045 (ASU, holotype).

Distribution

World and Sonoran distribution: Known only from Baja California Sur

References

• 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 lesdainii: pp. 389-390; black-and-white photo: p. 389, fig. 78; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 390)

Links

• Index Fungorum
• MycoBank