Stereocaulon pileatum

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 pileatum

Name

Stereocaulon pileatum Ach., 1810

Synonyms

• Patellaria pileata (Ach.) Wallr., 1831
• Stereocaulon coralloides f. pumilum Nyl.
• Stereocaulon pileatum f. pumilum (Nyl.) I.M. Lamb, Best. europ. Flecht. (Vaduz): 634 (1969)

References

Primary references

• Ach., Lich. univ. (1810)

• Acharius, E. (1810) Lichenographia Universalis. Cum tab. aen. color. - Göttingen. 689 pp.   **[Mattick Rec. # 30922] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)** (PDF file)

Selected reference

• Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Stereocaulon (pp. 663-670) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Stereocaulon pileatum and distribution map for North America: p. 666; color photo: p. 666, plate 815)

• Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Stereocaulon (pp. 366-369 ) 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 Stereocaulon pileatum: p. 368)

• Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Stereocaulon Hoffm., 1796 (pp. 450-465) 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 Stereocaulon pileatum: pp. 460-461; color photos: p. 460, fig. 295)

• Purvis, O.W. (1992) Stereocaulon Hoffm., 1796 (pp. 577-582) 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 Stereocaulon pileatum: p. 581)

• 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 pileatum: pp. 419-420; distribution map for the American arctic: p. 419)

• van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Stereocaulon Hoffm. (pp. 354-357) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 26085] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Stereocaulon pileatum: p. 356; color photo: p. 357)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Stereocaulon Hoffm. (pp. 875-883) - 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 Stereocaulon pileatum: p. 880; color photo: p. 881)

Links

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Stereocaulon pileatum

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Stereocaulon pileatum

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

• Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Stereocaulon pileatum

• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Stereocaulon pileatum

Vernacular names

English: Pixie foam lichen,   Snow lichen
Nederlands: Staafkorrelloof