Stereocaulon arcticum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Stereocaulon
Species: Stereocaulon arcticum

Name

Stereocaulon arcticum Lynge, 1938

Homotypic synonym

• Stereocaulon vesuvianum var. arcticum (Lynge) I.M. Lamb ex Hale, 1954

References

• Lamb, I.M. Index Nominum Lichenum: 679 (1963)

• Stereocaulon arcticum Lynge in Skr. Norsk. Vidensk.-Akad., rnat.-naturv. KI., no. 6 (1938) p. 69 cum Icon.   (Insula Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen, Ncvaya Zemlya, Islandia, Groenlandia, Canada arctica, terricola)

• Lynge, B. (1938) Lichens from the west and north coasts of Spitzbergen and the North-East Land collected by numerous expeditions I The Macrolichens. - Skr. utgitt av Det Norske Vidensk.-Akad. i Oslo, I. Mat.-Naturv. Klasse 1938: 1–136.   **[Mattick Rec. # 23784] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)** (PDF file)

Selected reference

• Thomson, J.W. (1984) Stereocaulon Hoffm., (pp. 395-431). In, American Arctic Lichens: 1. The Macrolichens. Columbia University Press, New York, 504 pages.   **[RLL List # 124-96 / Rec.# 18494] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Stereocaulon arcticum: pp. 402-403; distribution map for the American arctic: p. 402)

Links

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#16) 18 June 2010.

• Stereocaulon arcticum in Index Fungorum.

• Stereocaulon arcticum in MycoBank.

Links to photos

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

• Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Stereocaulon arcticum

Vernacular names

English: Arctic snow lichen