Plectocarpon lichenum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Arthoniales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Arthoniomycetes Ordo: Arthoniales

Familia: Lecanographaceae
Genus: Plectocarpon
Species: Plectocarpon lichenum

Name

Plectocarpon lichenum (Sommerf.) D. Hawksw., 1984

Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens).

Basionym: Dothidea lichenum Sommerf., 1826

Synonyms

• Arthonia stictarum (Tul.) Th. Fr., 1874
• Celidium stictarum (De Not.) Tul.
• Dothidea lichenum Sommerf., 1826
• Homostegia lichenum (Sommerf.) Fuckel, 1870
• Lichenomyces lichenum (Sommerf.) R. Sant., 1960
• Sphaeria stictarum De Not., 1851

References

• Index of Fungi 5: 359

• Hawksworth & Galloway: Lichenologist 16 (1): 86

• Hawksworth, D.L. and Galloway, D.J. (1984) The identity of Plectocarpon Fee, and its implications for Lichenomyces pseudocyphellaria and the typification of Sticta delisea. - Lichenologist 16: 85–89. [1]

• Ertz, D. and Diederich, P. (2007) Plectocarpon (pp. 402-403) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages. (Description of P. lichenum: pp. 402-403)

• Ertz, D., Christnach, C., Wedin, M. and Diederich, P. (2005) A world monograph of the genus Plectocarpon (Roccellaceae, Arthoniales) Bibliotheca Lichenologica No. 91. J. Cramer, Berlin & Stuttgart. 155 pp. (Plectocarpon lichenum: p. 61) [2]

• Fungorum [3]

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

Vernacular names

English: Plectocarpon lichen