Thelomma mammosum

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Caliciales 

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

Familia: Caliciaceae
Genus: Thelomma
Species: Thelomma mammosum

Name edit

Thelomma mammosum (Hepp in Hartung) Tibell, 1976


Substrate and Ecology: On rocks along the coast

World distribution: Europe, Macaronesia, coastal California to British Columbia

Sonoran distribution: Southern California, Baja California, and Sinaloa

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References edit

  • Massalongo, A. (1860) Esame comparativo di alcuni generi di licheni. - Atti dell'Istituto Veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti\ vol. 5, ser. 3: 247–267, 313-337.   (Mattick Rec.# 34026 - Literature on Lichens) (PDF file)
  • Tibell, L. (1976) The genus Thelomma. - Bot. Not. 129: 221–249.   (RLL List # 95 / Rec. # 18595 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustrations of Thelomma mammosum: figs. 7 & 8)
  • Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Thelomma (p. 678-680) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22465 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Thelomma mammosum and distribution map for North America: p. 680; color photo: p. 680, plate 834)
  • Tibell, L. and Ryan, B.D. (2004) Thelomma (pp. 533-536) 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. # 25967 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Thelomma mammosum: pp. 534-535; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 535) (Color photo: in photo section of vol. 2)

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Vernacular names edit

English: Rock nipple lichen,   Thelomma lichen