Texosporium

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caliciaceae
Genus: Texosporium
Species: T. sancti-jacobi

Name

Texosporium Nádv. ex Tibell & Hofsten, 1968

Diagnosis: Thallus crustaceus, granulosus, "gonidia" cystococcacea continens. Apothecia lecanorina, cylindrica, sessilia, margine proprio et margine thallini instructa. Sporae bicellulatae, fuscae; "episporium" pseudoparenchymaticum, pluricellulatum.

Type species: Texosporium sancti-jacobi (Tuck.) Nádv. ex Tibell & Hofsten, 1968

References

• Tibell & Hofsten, Mycologia 60: 557 (1968)

• Tibell, L. and Hofsten, A.V. (1968) Spore evolution of the lichen Texosporium sancti-jacobi (=Cyphelium sancti-jacobi). - Mycologia 60: 553–558.   (RLL List # 68 / Rec. # 18580 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Genus Record Details]

• MycoBank

Vernacular names

English: Texosporium lichen