Acarospora molybdina

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 molybdina

Name

Acarospora molybdina (Wahlenb.) Trevisan, 1851

Basionym: Lichen molybdinus Wahlenb.

References

• Zahlbruckner, A. Catalogus Lichenum Universalis 5, 1928, page 102
• Trevis. in Rivista Periodic. Lavori I.R. Istit. Padova, 1851–52, p. 262.
• Trevisan, V. (1853) Saggio di una classazione naturale dei licheni - Memoria I. Sulla tribu delle Patellarie. Mem. II. Sulle tribù delle Lecideine. Revista Periodia Lav. Regia Accad. Sci. (Padova) 1852-1853: 237–271.
• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Acarospora (pp. 19–35). In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages. (A. molybdina, description p. 27; photo & map p. 28)
• Index Fungorum
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist (Apr. 2008)

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Acarospora molybdina
• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Acarospora molybdina)
• Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Acarospora molybdina

Vernacular names

English: Molybdenum cracked lichen