Rhizocarpon distinctum

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 distinctum

Name

Rhizocarpon distinctum Th.Fr., 1874

Synonyms

• Lecidea obscurata f. orphnina Vain., 1883
• Lecidea petraea var. ambigua Schaer., 1828
• Rhizocarpon ambiguum (Schaer.) Zahlbr., 1927 [1926]
• Rhizocarpon orphinum (Vain.) Zahlbr.
• Rhizocarpon orphnium (Vain.) Vain.

References

• Th. Fr., Lich. Scand. (Uppsala) 1: 625 (1874)

• 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)

• Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Rhizocarpon (pp. 339-345) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp.   (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22402 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Rhizocarpon distinctum, description: p. 340)

• Feuerer, T. (1991) Revision der europaischen Arten der Flechtengattung Rhizocarpon mit nichtgelbem Lager und veilzelligen Sporen. - Bibliotheca Lichenologica No. 39. J. Cramer, Berlin-Stuttgart. 218 pp. (RLL List # 143 / Rec. # 5629 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

• Feuerer, T. and Timdal, E. (2004) Rhizocarpon, pp. 456-466. In T.H. Nash III, B.D. Ryan, P. Diederich, C. Gries & F. Bungartz (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 25952 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Rhizocarpon distinctum: p. 460)

• 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 distinctum: p. 535)

• 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 distinctum, description: p. 530; map: p. 532)

• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Rhizocarpon (pages 206-209). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages.   (RLL List # 190 / Rec. # 24161 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Rhizocarpon distinctum: p. 207)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Rhizocarpon (pp. 802-819). - Teil 2 - In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German.   (RLL List # 159 / Rec. # 20405 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Rhizocarpon distinctum: p. 810)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Rhizocarpon distinctum

• Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Rhizocarpon distinctum

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

• Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Rhizocarpon distinctum

Vernacular names

English: Distinct map lichen
Nederlands: bruin landkaartmos