Steinia geophana

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Familia: Aphanopsidaceae
Genus: Steinia
Species: Steinia geophana

Name

Steinia geophana (Nyl.) Stein, 1879

Substrate: Primarily on disturbed soil that is often metal rich

World distribution: Europe and North America

Basionym

• Lecidea geophana Nyl., 1861

Synonyms

• Biatora geophana (Nyl.) Th. Fr., Öfvers. kongl. Svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Förhandl. 21: 271 (1864)
• Biatorella geophana (Nyl.) Rehm, Rabenh. Krypt.-Fl., Edn 2 (Leipzig) 1.3: 307 (1890)
• Lecidea geophana Nyl., Lich. Scand. (Uppsala): 212 (1861)
• Lecidea insita Stirt., Scott. Natural., N.S. 5: 17 (1879) [1879-80]
• Nesolechia insita (Stirt.) Vouaux
• Pleolecis geophana (Nyl.) Clem., Gen. fung. (Minneapolis): 1–227 (1909)
• Sarcogyne geophana (Nyl.) Boistel, 1903

References

• In Cohn, Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien (Breslau) 2(2): 209 (1879)

• Zahlbruckner, A. Catalogus Lichenum Universalis 3, 1925, page 767
  • Steinia geophana Stein apud Cohn, Kryptog.-Flora von Schlesien, vol. II, 2. Hälfte, 1879, p. 209.

• Hafellner, J. (2004) Steinia (p. 511) 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. # 25961 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Discussion of Steinia geophana: p. 511)

• Purvis, O.W.; Coppins, B.J.; Hawksworth, D.L.; James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) (1992) Steinia Körber (1873) (pp. 575-576) In, 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 Steinia geophana: p. 576)

• van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Steinia Körber (pp. 352-354) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch.   (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 26085 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Discussion of Steinia geophana: pp. 352 & 354; color photo: p. 353)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Steinia Körber (pp. 873-874) - 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 Steinia geophana: p. 874)

• Checklist to Norwegian lichens

• Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories - (Discussion of Steinia geophana)

• List of British Lichens & Lichenicolous Fungi

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Link to photo

• Australian lichens - (photo by Bill Malcolm) - Steinia geophana

• Lichen Gallery (photo by Matthias Schultz) - Steinia geophana

Vernacular names

English: Steinia lichen
Nederlands: Ruderaalkorst