Tomasellia americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dothideomycetes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Dothideomycetes

Familia: Naetrocymbaceae
Genus: Tomasellia
Species: Tomasellia americana

Name

Tomasellia americana (Minks ex Willey) R.C.Harris, 1980

World distribution: Very rare, apparently endemic in North America (California, Louisiana, Massachusetts)

Basionym

• Cyrtidula americana Minks ex Willey, Enum. Lich. New Bedford: 33 (1892)

References

• R.C. Harris, in Tucker & Harris, Bryologist 83(1): 19 (1980)

• Tucker, S.C. and Harris, R.C. (1980) New or noteworthy pyrenocarpous lichens from Louisiana and Florida. - The Bryologist 83: 1–20.   **[RLL List # 106-93 / Rec.# 19055] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR)

References

• Aptroot, A. (2002) Tomasellia (pp. 487-488) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages.   **[RLL List # 187 / Rec.# 23145] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

• Harris, R.C. (1975) A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Arthopyrenia s. lat. (Ascomycetes) in North America. Ph. D. Dissertation. East Lansing: Michigan State University, 288 pp. (Illustration of Tomasellia americana: p. 231 [as Cyrtidula americana])

Links

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Vernacular names

English: American tomasellia lichen