Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Lecanorales 

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

Familia: Sphaerophoraceae
Genus: Sphaerophorus
Species: S. digitatus – S. fragilis – S. globosus – S. taiwanensis – S. tuckermanii – S. venerabilis – S. yangii

Name

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Sphaerophorus Pers., 1794 nom. cons.


Typification Details: Sphaerophorus coralloides Pers. 1794

Synonyms

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  • Baeoderma Vain., Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 53(no. 1): 3 (1922)
  • Sphaerophoron Ach., Method. Lich.: 134 (1803)
  • Sphaerophoronomyces Cif. & Tomas., Atti Ist. bot. Univ. Lab. crittog. Pavia, Ser. 5 10(1): 66 (1953)
  • Sphaerophorum Schrad., Spicil. fl. germ. 1: 112 (1794)
  • Syrigosis Neck. ex Kremp., Gesch. Litt. Lichenol. 2: 47 (1869)
  • Thysanophoron Stirt., Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 14: 359 (1883)

References

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  • Pers., Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 7: 23 (1794)
  • Persoon, C.H. (1794) Einige Bemerkungen über die Flechten: Nebst Beschreibungen einiger neuer Arten aus dieser Familie der Aftermoose. - Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 7: 1–32.   (Mattick Rec.# 31958 - Literature on Lichens)
  • Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Sphaerophorus (pp. 657-659) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22465 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Sphaerophorus fragilis and distribution map for North America: p. 658; color photo: p. 658, plate 804)
  • Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Sphaerophorus (pp. 361-363) 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) (Description of Sphaerophorus fragilis and color photo: p. 362; diagram of branching: p. 361)
  • Goward, T. 1999. The lichens of British Columbia - Illustrated Keys - Part 2 - Fruticose Species. Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Forests Research Program, 319 pp. (RLL List # 176 / Rec.# 6980 - Recent Literature on Lichens) Online Reference page. : Sphaerophorus Pers. (pp. 218-221) (Description of Sphaerophorus fragilis: p. 219)
  • Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Sphaerophorus Pers., 1794 (pp. 447-449) In, The Macrolichens of New England. - Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden No. 96. New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, New York. 584 pp.   (RLL List # 210 / Rec. # 30032 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Sphaerophorus fragilis: p. 448; color photo: p. 448, fig. 285)
  • Purvis, O.W. (1992) Sphaerophorus Pers., 1794 (pp. 568-569) In: Purvis, O.W.; Coppins, B.J.; Hawksworth, D.L.; James, P.W.; and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp.   (RLL List # 151 / Rec. # 15105 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Sphaerophorus fragilis: p. 568)
  • Wedin, M.; Högnabba, F. and Goward, T. (2009) A new species of Sphaerophorus, and a key to the family Sphaerophoraceae in western North America. The Bryologist 112(2): 368–374.   (RLL List # 215 / Rec. # 31601 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR)
  • Wirth, V. (1995) Sphaerophorus Pers. (pp. 860-864) - 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) (Description of Sphaerophorus fragilis: p. 862; color photo: p. 863)

Vernacular names

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English: Coral lichens,   Tree coral,   Ball lichens
日本語: サンゴゴケ属