Rhizocarpon chioneum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Rhizocarpaceae
Genus: Rhizocarpon
Species: Rhizocarpon chioneum

Name

Rhizocarpon chioneum (Norman) Th.Fr., 1874

Basionym: Catillaria chionea Norman, 1868

Synonyms

• Catocarpus chioneum (Norman) Elenkin & Savicz, 1912
• Lecidea chionea (Norman) Stizenb., 1876 [1874-75]
• Porina chiomela (Norman) Zahlbr., 1922

References

• Fries, T.M. (1874) Lichenographia Scandinavica 2: 620.

• Fries, T.M. (1874) Lichenographia Scandinavica sive dispositio lichenum in Dania, Suecia, Norvegia, Fennia, Lapponia Rossica hactus collectorum. Vol. I Archilichenes discocarpos continens. Pars II. - Upsaliae. 325-639 pp.   (Mattick Rec.# 26736 - Literature on Lichens) (PDF file)

• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Rhizocarpon (pp. 518-553). In American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages.   (RLL List # 170 / Rec. # 18517 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Rhizocarpon chioneum, description: p. 525; map: p. 527)

• Purvis, O.W.; Coppins, B.J.; Hawksworth, D.L.; James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) (1992) Rhizocarpon (pp. 531-542) In, The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp.   (RLL List # 151 / Rec. # 15105 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Rhizocarpon chioneum: pp. 534-535)

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Rhizocarpon (pp. 632-638). In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22465 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Rhizocarpon chioneum description and photo: p. 634)

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Rhizocarpon chioneum

• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Rhizocarpon chioneum

Vernacular names

English: Snowy map lichen;   Map lichen