Sphaerophorus globosus

Sphaerophorus globosus

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Lecanorales 

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

Familia: Sphaerophoraceae
Genus: Sphaerophorus
Species: Sphaerophorus globosus

Name edit

Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain., 1903


Basionym: Lichen globosus Huds., 1762

Synonyms edit

  • Coralloides globiferum (L.) Hoffm., 1794
  • Lichen globiferus L., 1767
  • Lichen globosus Huds., 1762
  • Sphaerophorus coralloides Pers., 1794
  • Sphaerophorus coralloides var. laxus Turner & Borrer
  • Sphaerophorus globiferus (L.) DC., 1805
  • Sphaerophorus globosus f. congestus H.Magn., 1929
  • Stereocaulon globiferum (L.) Hoffm., 1796

Primary references edit

  • Vain., Résult. Voy. Belgica, Lich.: 35 (1903)
  • Wainio, E.A. (1903) Lichens. - In: Expédition antarctique Belge. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899 sous commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery, rapports scientifiques. J.E. Buschmann\Anvers, pp. 46.   (Mattick Rec.# 30469 - Literature on Lichens) (PDF file)

References edit

  • 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 globosus and distribution map for North America: p. 658; color photo: p.659, plate 805)
  • 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 globosus and color photos: 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 globosus: p. 220)
  • Hale, M.E. and Cole, M. (1988) Sphaerophorus Pers. (p. 168) In Lichens of California. University of California Press, 254 pages.   (RLL List # 138 / Rec. # 7360 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Sphaerophorus globosus: p. 168; black-and-white photo: p. 167, fig. 62b)
  • 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 globosus: pp. 448-449; color photo: p. 449, fig. 286)
  • McCune, B. and Geiser, L. (1997) Sphaerophorus (p. 269) Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 386 pp.   (RLL List # 169 / Rec. # 12649 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Sphaerophorus globosus and color photo: p. 269)
  • 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 globosus: p. 568)
  • Selva, S.B. 2014: The calicioid lichens and fungi of the Acadian Forest ecoregion of northeastern North America, II. The rest of the story. The Bryologist 117(4): 336–367.   (BioOne)   (Sphaerophorus globosus: p. 362)
  • Thomson, J.W. (1984) Sphaerophorus Pers. (pp. 392-395). In, American Arctic Lichens: 1. The Macrolichens. Columbia University Press, New York, 504 pages.   (RLL List # 124-96 / Rec. # 18494 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Sphaerophorus globosus: pp. 392 & 395; drawing and distribution map for North America: p. 394)
  • Vitt, D.H.; Marsh, J.E. and Bovey, R.B. (1988) Mosses, Lichens and Ferns of Northwest North America. Edmonston: Lone Pine Publishing, 296 pp.   (RLL List # 135 / Rec. # 19839 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration of Sphaerophorus globosus: p. 244)
  • 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 globosus: pp. 862 & 864; color photo: p. 863)

Links edit

Links to photos edit

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

Vernacular names edit

English: Coral lichen,   Globe ball lichen