Rhizocarpon obscuratum

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 obscuratum

Name

Rhizocarpon obscuratum (Ach.) A.Massal., 1852

Current name (according to Index Fungorum): Fuscidea lygaea (Ach.) V.Wirth & Vězda, Beitr. Naturk. Forsch. Südwestdeutschl. 31: 92 (1972)

Basionym: Lecidea petraea γ obscurata Ach., 1810

Note: Rhizocarpon obscuratum is a variable species.

Synonyms

• Rhizocarpon reductum Th.Fr.
• Rhizocarpon albineum (Tuck.) Fink
• Rhizocarpon interponens (Nyl.) Zahlbr.
• Rhizocarpon permodestum Arnold
• Lichen petraeus var. obscuratus Ach., 1810

References

• A. Massal., Ric. auton. lich. crost. (Verona): 103 (1852)

• Massalongo, A.B. (1852) Ricerche sull'autonomia dei licheni crostosi e materiali pella loro naturale ordinazione. - Tip. Frizerio\Verona. xiv, 2-207 pp.   (Mattick Rec.# 33101 - Literature on Lichens) (PDF file)

• Fryday, A. (2000) On Rhizocarpon obscuratum (Ach.) Massal., with notes on some related species in the British Isles. - Lichenologist 32(3): 207–224.   (RLL List # 179 / Rec. # 6084 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file) (doi:10.1006/lich.2000.0269)

• 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 obscuratum, description: pp. 637-38; photo: p. 638)

• 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 reductum/R. obscuratum, description & photo: p. 343)

• 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 obscuratum: p. 463)

• 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 obscuratum: p. 539)

• 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 obscuratum, description p.: 544; map p.: 545)

• 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 obscuratum: 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 obscuratum: p. 814)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Rhizocarpon obscuratum

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

Vernacular names

English: Dusky map lichen;   Obscure map lichen