Rhizocarpon grande

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Rhizocarpales 

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

Familia: Rhizocarpaceae
Genus: Rhizocarpon
Species: Rhizocarpon grande

Name edit

Rhizocarpon grande (Flörke ex Flotow) Arnold, 1871


Basionym: Lecidea petraea f. grande Flörke ex Flot., Flora, Jena 11(2): 690 (1828)

Note: Feuerer (1991) treats R. grande as a chemical race of R. eupetraeum but Timdal (1988) accepts the two as morphologically as well as chemically distinct.  (from Feuerer & Timdal, 2004)

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Arnold, Flora, Jena 54: 149 (1871)
  • 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 grande: p. 462)
  • 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)
  • Hansen, E.S. and Andersen, J. (1995) Greenland Lichens. Rhodos, Copenhagen. 124 pp.   (RLL List # 160 / Rec. # 7625 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Rhizocarpon grande, illustration: p. 112)
  • 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 grande, description: p. 538; map: p. 539)
  • 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 grande: p. 208)
  • 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 grande: p. 812)

Links to photos edit

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

Vernacular names edit

English: Big map lichen