Ropalospora chlorantha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Umbilicariales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Umbilicariomycetidae Ordo: Umbilicariales

Familia: Ropalosporaceae
Genus: Ropalospora
Species: Ropalospora chlorantha

Name

Ropalospora chlorantha (Tuck.) S. Ekman, 1993

Basionym

• Biatora chlorantha Tuck., 1848

Synonyms

• Bacidia chlorantha (Tuck.) Fink, Contr. U.S. natnl. Herb. 14(1): 91 (1910)
• Biatora chlorantha Tuck., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1: 252 (1848)

References

Primary

• S. Ekman, Bryologist 96(4): 586 (1993)

• Ekman, S. (1993) A taxonomic study of Ropalospora chlorantha, and a comparison between Ropalospora and Fuscidea. - The Bryologist 96(4): 582–591.   **[RLL List # 154 / Rec.# 4792] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR)

Secondary

• Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Ropalospora (p. 649) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Ropalospora chlorantha and distribution map: p. 649; color photo: p. 649, plate 793)

Links

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#16) 18 June 2010.

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Ropalospora chlorantha

Vernacular names

English: Comet-spored lichen