Rhizocarpon expallescens

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 expallescens

Name

Rhizocarpon expallescens Th.Fr., 1874

Synonymy

• Catocarpus expallescens (Th. Fr.) Hellb., 1884

References

• Zahlbruckner, A. Catalogus Lichenum Universalis 4, 1926-1927, p. 333
  • Rhizocarpon expallescens Th. Fr., Lichenogr. Scandin., vol. I, 1874, p. 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 expallescens, description: p. 534; map: p. 535)

• 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 expallescens: p. 536)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Rhizocarpon expallescens

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

Vernacular names

English: Map lichen