Spilonema revertens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Collematineae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Peltigerales Subordo: Collematineae

Familia: Coccocarpiaceae
Genus: Spilonema
Species: Spilonema revertens

Name

Spilonema revertens Nyl., 1865

Substrate and ecology: On siliceous rock, on sheltered, steep faces of boulders in damp places or along lake shores; often associated with Psorula rufonigra

World distribution: Cosmopolitan, mostly arctic to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere

Homotypic synonym

• Spilonemopsis revertens (Nyl.) Vain., 1909

References

• Nyl., Flora, Jena 48: 601 (1865)

• Nylander, W. (1865) Addenda nova ad Lichenographiam Europaeam. - Flora (Regensburg)\Flora 48: 601–606.   (Mattick Rec.# 29079 - Literature on Lichens) (Web site)

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Spilonema (pp. 658-659) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22465 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Discussion of Spilonema revertens and distribution map for North America: p. 659; color photo Psorula rufonigra on Spilonema revertens: p. 605, plate 733)

• Coppins, B.J; Gilbert O.L. and Jørgensen, P.M. (1992) Spilonema Bornet (1856) (pp. 570-571) 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) (Discussion of Spilonema revertens: p. 571)

• Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Spilonema Bornet, 1856 (pp. 449-450) 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) (Discussion of Spilonema revertens: p. 450; color photo Psorula rufonigra on Spilonema revertens: p. 427, fig. 270)

• Schultz, M. (2002) Spilonema (pp. 465-466) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages.   (RLL List # 187 / Rec. # 23132 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Discussion of Spilonema revertens: pp. 465-466; black-and-white photo: p. 465, fig. 97; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 466)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Spilonema Bornet (pp. 866-867) - 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) (Discussion of Spilonema revertens: p. 867)

• Checklist to Norwegian lichens

• Checklist of Japanese Lichens

• List of British Lichens & Lichenicolous Fungi

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#18) 13 Dec 2012

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Spilonema revertens

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Spilonema revertens

• flickr photo - by Jason Hollinger - Spilonema revertens and Psorula rufonigra

Vernacular names

English: Rock hairball lichen