Stereocaulon botryosum

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Fungi
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Lecanorales
Familia: Stereocaulaceae
Genus: Stereocaulon
Species: Stereocaulon botryosum

Name

Stereocaulon botryosum Ach., 1805

Synonyms

• Lichen botryosus (Ach.) Lam., 1813
• Stereocaulon fastigiatum Anzi, Cat. Lich. Sondr.: 11 (1860)

References

• Ach., in de Candolle & Lamarck, Lich. univ. 1805

• Lamarck, deand De Candolle (1805) Flore Francaise. Troisième edition. Vol. I-IV. - Paris. (Web site)

• Thomson, J.W. (1984) Stereocaulon Hoffm., (pp. 395-431). In, American Arctic Lichens: 1. The Macrolichens. Columbia University Press, New York, 504 pages. (Discussion of Stereocaulon botryosum: p 404; drawing and distribution map for the American arctic: p. 405)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

Links to photos

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

• Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Stereocaulon botryosum

Vernacular names

English: Snow lichen