Sarcogyne similis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Acarosporaceae
Genus: Sarcogyne
Species: Sarcogyne similis

Name

Sarcogyne similis H.Magn., 1935

Substrate and ecology: Primarily on acidic rocks.

Synonymy

• Sarcogyne californica H.Magn., 1935   (Source: Knudsen and Lendemer, 2005; and Knudsen and Standley, 2007)

References

• Zahlbruckner, A. Catalogus Lichenum Universalis 10, 1938-1940, p. 420
• H. Magn. in Annal. Cryptog. Exot., vol. VII, fasc. 3-4, 1934, pp. 128 et 135.   (America septentrionalis, ad saxa non calcarea)
• Magnusson, A.H. (1935) On the species of Biatorella and Sarcogyne in America. Ann. Crytog. Exotiq. 7: 115–146.
• Knudsen, K. and Lendemer, J.C. (2005) Changes and additions to the checklist of North American lichens - III. Mycotaxon 93: 277–281. [1]
• Knudsen, K. and Standley, S.M. (2007) Sarcogyne (pp. 289-296) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages. (Description of S. similis: pp. 295-296; distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 296)
• Index Fungorum
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist (Sep 2008)

Vernacular names

English: Sarcogyne lichen