Acarospora americana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Acarosporaceae
Genus: Acarospora
Species: Acarospora americana

Name

Acarospora americana H.Magn., 1929

Synonyms

• Acarospora cinereoalba Fink ex H. Magn., Kungl.-Akad. Handlingar 7 (4): 205. 1929.   (Source: Knudsen et al. 2011)
• Acarospora superfusa H. Magn., Meddel. Göteborgs Bot. Trädgård, 5: 65. 1930.   (Source: Knudsen et al. 2011)

References

• Zahlbruckner, A. Catalogus Lichenum Universalis, 8 , 1931-1932, page 500
• H. Magn., Monogr. Acarosp., 1929, p. 198.
• Magnusson, A.H. (1929) A monograph of the genus Acarospora. Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Stockholm 7: 400 pp.
• Knudsen, K. (2007) Acarospora (pp. 1–38). In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages.
• Knudsen, K; Lendemer, J.C. and Harris, R.C. (2011) Studies in lichens and lichenicolous fungi – no 15: miscellaneous notes on species from eastern North America. Opuscula Philolichenum 9: 45–75. (PDF document) (Discussion of Acarospora americana: pp. 46–52; color photos: p. 48, Fig. 1; p. 49, Fig. 2; p. 50, Fig. 3)
• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Acarospora (pp. 25–27). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages.
• Index Fungorum
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist (Apr. 2008)

Vernacular names

English: American cracked lichen