Placopyrenium caeruleopulvinum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Placopyrenium
Species: Placopyrenium caeruleopulvinum

Name

Placopyrenium caeruleopulvinum (J.W. Thomson) Breuss, 2002

World distribution: SW North America

Basionym

• Catapyrenium caeruleopulvinum J.W. Thomson, Bryologist 90 (1): 30 (1987)

References

Primary references

• Breuss, in Nash, Ryan, Gries & Bungartz, Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region (Tempe) 1: 394 (2002)

• Breuss, O. (2002) Placopyrenium (pp. 394-397) 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.# 23104] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Placopyrenium caeruleopulvinum: pp. 394-395; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 395)

Selected reference

• Thomson, J.W. (1987) The lichen genera Catapyrenium and Placidiopsis in North America. - The Bryologist 90: 27–39.   **[RLL List # 131 / Rec.# 18497] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR) (Illustration of Catapyrenium caerulleopulvinum = Placopyrenium caeruleopulvinum: p. 29)

Links

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

• Placopyrenium caeruleopulvinum in Index Fungorum.

• Placopyrenium caeruleopulvinum in MycoBank.

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Placopyrenium caeruleopulvinum