Rhizocarpon viridiatrum

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 viridiatrum

Name

Rhizocarpon viridiatrum (Wulfen) Körber, 1855

Basionym: Lichen viridiater Wulfen, 1788

Life habit: Initially lichenicolous, later growing free.

Synonyms

• Rhizocarpon subtile Runemark
• Buellia vernicomoidea (Fink) Zahlbr., 1931
• Diplotomma vernicomoideum (Fink) Szatala, 1956

References

• Körb., Syst. lich. germ. (Breslau): 262 (1855)

• Koerber, G.W. (1855) Systema Lichenum Germaniae (I-XXXIV). Die Flechten Deutschlands mikroscopisch geprüft, kritisch gesichtet, charakteristisch beschrieben und systematisch geordnet. - Breslau. pp.   (Mattick Rec.# 23705 - Literature on Lichens) (Biodiversity Heritage Library)

• 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 viridiatrum, description & photo: pp. 344-345)

• 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 viridiatrum: p. 466)

• 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 viridiatrum: p. 542)

• Runemark, H. (1956) Studies in Rhizocarpon. I. Taxonomy of the yellow species in Europe. Opera Bot. 2, 1: 1–152.   (RLL List # 22 / Rec. # 16015 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Rhizocarpon viridiatrum, illustrations: Figs. 19a-e)

• 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 viridiatrum, description & photo: p. 819)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

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

Vernacular names

English: Map lichen