Placidium rufescens

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 rufescens

Name

Placidium rufescens (Ach.) A. Massal., 1856

World distribution: Temperate Northern Hemisphere; Europe, Asia, North Africa, rare in North America

Basionym

• Endocarpon rufescens Ach., Lich. Univ.: 304 (1810)

Synonymy

• Dermatocarpon rufescens (Ach.) Th. Fr., Nova Acta R. Soc. Scient. upsal., Ser. 3 3: 354 (1861) [1860]
• Catapyrenium rufescens (Ach.) Breuss, in Poelt & Mayrhofer, Ber. dt. bot. Ges. 98(3-4): 389 (1985)

References

Primary

• A. Massal., Sched. Crit. Lich. 6: 114 (1856)

Secondary

• Breuss, O. (1990) Die Flechtengattung Catapyrenium (Verrucariaceae) in Europa. - Stapfia 23: 1–153.   **[RLL List # / Rec.# 2316] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (PDF file)

• 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)**

• 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 rufescens: p. 392)

Links

• Checklist of British Lichens (July 2010)

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank