Willeya diffractella

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Verrucariales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Eurotiomycetes
Subclassis: Chaetothyriomycetidae
Ordo: Verrucariales

Familia: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Willeya
Species: Willeya diffractella
Varietates: W. d. var. diffractella – W. d. var. flavicans

Name edit

Willeya diffractella (Nyl.) Müll.Arg., Flora [Regensburg] 66(22): 345 (1883). [MycoBank #410003]

Basionym edit

  • Verrucaria diffractella Nyl., Mém. Soc. Acad. Maine Loire 4: 33 (1858). [MycoBank #497552]

Homotypic synonyms edit

  • Polyblastia diffractella (Nyl.) Trevis., Conspect. Verruc. [Bassano]: 14 (1860). [MycoBank #529217]
  • Staurothele diffractella (Nyl.) Tuck., Gen. Lich. [Amherst]: 258 (1872). [MycoBank #405829]
  • Phalostauris diffractella (Nyl.) Clem., Gen. Fung. [Minneapolis]: 173 (1909). [MycoBank #400328]

References edit


  • Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Staurothele (pp. 661-663) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Discussion of Staurothele diffractella and distribution map for North America: p. 661; color photo: p. 661, plate 808) [Staurothele diffractella = Endocarpon diffractellum]
  • Thomson, J.W. (1991) The lichen genus Staurothele in North America. - The Bryologist 94(4): 351–367.   **[RLL List # / Rec.# 18504] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (JSTOR)   (Discussion of 4. Staurothele diffractella: p. 355; black-and-white photo: p. 353, fig. 4; distribution map: p. 362, fig. 19) [Staurothele diffractella = Endocarpon diffractellum]
  • Thomson, J.W. (2003) Staurothele Norman (pp. 219-221) In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages.   **[RLL List # 190 / Rec.# 24161] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Discussion of Staurothele diffractella: p. 220)

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