Polysporina urceolata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Acarosporaceae
Genus: Polysporina
Species: Polysporina urceolata

Name

Polysporina urceolata (Anzi) Brodo, 1987

Basionym: Sarcogyne urceolata Anzi, 1862

Substrate and ecology: On carbonaceous rock.

References

• Brodo, Mycotaxon 28: 95 (1987)
• Ahti, T., Brodo, I.M. and Noble, W.J. (1987) Contributions to the lichen flora of British Columbia, Canada. Mycotaxon 28: 91–97. [1]
• Knudsen, K. (2007) Polysporina (pp. 276-278) 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. urceolata and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 278)
• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Polysporina (pp. 485-487). In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages. (Description of P. urceolata and distribution map for North America: p. 487)
• Index Fungorum
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist (Sep 2008)

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Polysporina urceolata

• Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Polysporina urceolata

Vernacular names

English: Polysporina lichen