Sphinctrina turbinata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sphinctrinaceae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Eurotiomycetes Subclassis: Mycocaliciomycetidae Ordo: Mycocaliciales Familia: Sphinctrinaceae

Genus: Sphinctrina
Species: Sphinctrina turbinata

Name

Sphinctrina turbinata (Pers. ex Fr.) De Not., 1846:314

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Apothecia: Sessile or with a very short stalk.

Hosts: Parasitic on Pertusaria (especially Pertusaria pertusa) or rarely Diploschistes, mainly on old trees.

Basionym: Calicium turbinatum Pers. ex Fr., 1828

Synonyms

• Acolium stigonellum (Ach.) Gray, 1821
• Calicium sessile sensu Turner &; Borrer, Smith, non Persoon, 2002
• Calicium stigonellum Ach., 1803
• Cyphelium sessile sensu auct. p.p. 19th C
• Cyphelium stigonellum (Ach.) Ach., 1815
• Cyphelium stigonellum sensu auct. brit., non (Ach.) Gray, 2002
• Lecidea gelasinata (With.) Ach., 1803
• Lichen gelasinatus With., 1796
• Sphaeria sphincterica Sowerby
• Sphaeria turbinata Pers., 1846
• Sphinctrina gelasinata sensu auct. brit., 2002
• Sphinctrina gelasinata (With.) Zahlbr., 1922
• Trachylia stigonella (Ach.) Fr., 1835

References

Primary

• De Notaris, G. 1846. Frammenti Lichenografici di un lavoro inedito. Abozzo di una nuova disposizione della Caliciee. Giornale Botanico Italiano, Anno II, 1(1): 299–320. HathiTrust Reference page. 

Secondary

• Boqueras M. (2000) Líquens Epífits i Fongs Liquenícoles del Sud de Catalunya: Flora i Comunitats [The Epiphytic Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi of South Catalonia: Flora and Communities]. Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona. 556 pages. 80 fig. 8 tab.   **[RLL List # 183 / Rec.# 22089] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Illustration of S. turbinata: fig. 68)

• Lofgren, O. and Tibell, L. (1979) Sphinctrina in Europe. - Lichenologist 11: 109–137.   **[RLL List # 104-65 / Rec.# 11717] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (doi:10.1017/S0024282979000189) (Illustrations of S. turbinata: figs. 15 & 16)

• Puntillo, D. (1996) I Licheni di Calabria. Monografie XXII. Torino: Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, 229 pp.   **[RLL List # 170 / Rec.# 15098] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Illustration of S. turbinata: plate 37)

• Purvis, O.W. (1992) Sphinctrina Fr. (1828) (pp. 569-570) 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 S. turbinata: p. 570)

• 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)   (Sphinctrina turbinata: p. 363)

• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Sphinctrina Fr. (pp. 585-586) In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages.   **[RLL List # 170 / Rec.# 18517] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of S. turbinata, and distribution map for North America: p. 586)

• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Sphinctrina Fr. (pp.219). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages.   **[RLL List # 190 / Rec.# 24161] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of S. turbinata: p. 219)

• Tibell, L. (1977) Lavordningen Caliciales I Sverige: Inledning och släket Calicium. The lichen order Caliciales in Sweden. Introduction and the genus Calicium. - Svensk. Bot. Tidskr. 71: 239–259.   **[RLL List # 100 / Rec.# 18596] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Illlustration of S. turbinata: fig. 3D)

• Tibell, L. (1980) The lichen genus Chaenotheca in the Northern Hemisphere. Symb. Bot. Ups. 23: 1–65.   **[RLL List # 111-80 / Rec.# 18602] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Illustration of S. turbinata: fig. 15)

• Tibell, L. (1999) Caliciales. Nordic Lichen Flora 1: 20–71. (Illustration of S. turbinata: plate 11)

• Tibell, L. (2004) Sphinctrina (pp. 699-701) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Diederich, P., Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 26025] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of S. turbinata: p. 701)

• Triebel, D., Rambold, G. and Nash III, T.H. (1991) On lichenicolous fungi from continental North America. Mycotaxon 42: 263–296.   **[RLL List # / Rec.# 18992] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of S. turbinata: p. 288) (Web site)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Sphinctrina Fr. (pp. 864-866) - 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 S. turbinata: p. 866; color photo of S. turbinata: p. 865)

Links

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

• Sphinctrina turbinata in Index Fungorum.

• Sphinctrina turbinata in MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Sphinctrina turbinata

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

• Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Sphinctrina turbinata

Vernacular names

English: Sphinctrina lichen