Pleopsidium chlorophanum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acarosporales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Acarosporomycetidae Ordo: Acarosporales

Familia: Acarosporaceae
Genus: Pleopsidium
Species: Pleopsidium chlorophanum

Name

Pleopsidium chlorophanum (Wahlenb.) Zopf, 1895

Substrate and ecology: On rock, especially under overhangs on cliffs.

Basionym: Parmelia chlorophana Wahlenb., 1803

Synonyms

Acarospora chlorophana (Wahlenb.) A.Massal.

References

Zopf, Ann. Chemie 284: 117 (1895)
Zopf, W. (1895) Zur Kenntnis der Flechtenstoffe. Annalen der Chemie\Ann. Chemie 284: 107–132.
Bulletin of California Lichen Society (2005) 12 (2); back cover, illustration of Pleopsidium chlorophanum.
Knudsen, K. (2005) Notes on the lichen flora of California #1 – Pleopsidium chlorophanum and Acarospora scabrida – Bulletin of the California Lichen Society 12(2): 33–34. (PDF)
Knudsen, K. (2007) Pleopsidium (pp. 274–276) 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 Pleopsidium chlorophanum: p. 275)
St. Clair, L.L. (1999) Pleopsidium (pp. 157–158) In: A color guidebook to common Rocky Mountain lichens. M.L. Bean Life Science Museum of Brigham Young University Publisher, 242 pp. (Description and color photo of P. chlorophanum: p. 157)
Thomson, J.W. (1997) Acarospora (pp. 19–36). In: American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages. (Description of Acarospora chlorophana: pp. 20 & 23; black-and-white photo, and distribution map for North America: p. 22) (Acarospora chlorophana = Pleopsidium chlorophanum)
Thomson, J.W. (2003) Acarospora (pp. 25–26). In: Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Acarospora chlorophana [Pleopsidium chlorophanum]: p. 25)
Wirth, V. (1995) Pleopsidium (pp. 751–753 Teil 2). In: Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German. (Description of P. chlorophanum: p. 752; color photo: p.751)
USDA Plants Database
North American Lichen Checklist (Sep 2008)
Index Fungorum
MycoBank

Links to photos

Pictures of tropical lichens - Pleopsidium chlorophanum
Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Pleopsidium chlorophanum
The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Pleopsidium chlorophanum
Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Pleopsidium chlorophanum