Acrocordia conoidea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Monoblastiaceae
Genus: Acrocordia
Species: Acrocordia conoidea

Name

Acrocordia conoidea (Fr.) Körb., 1855

Substrate and ecology: On calcareous, disintegrating sandstone and shale

World distribution: Mostly temperate in Northern Hemisphere

Basionym

• Verrucaria conoidea Fr., Lich. Eur.: 432 (1831)

Synonyms

• Acrocordia conoidea f. carnea Arnold
• Acrocordia epipolaea (Borrer) A.L. Sm., Monogr. Brit. Lich. 2: 314 (1911)
• Arthopyrenia conoidea (Fr.) Zahlbr., in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Teil. I (Leipzig) 1*: 65 (1903)
• Arthopyrenia epipolaea (Borrer) A. Massal., Ric. auton. lich. crost. (Verona): 166 (1852)
• Leiophloea conoidea (Fr.) Trevis., 1860
• Sagedia conoidea (Fr.) Hepp, 1860
• Thelidium conoideum (Fr.) Kremp., Denkschriften Kgl. Bayer. Bot. Ges., Abteilung 2 4: 246 (1861)
• Verrucaria conoidea Fr., Lich. eur. reform. (Lund): 432 (1831)
• Verrucaria epipolaea Borrer, Suppl. Engl. Bot. 1: tab. 2647, fig. 3 (1831)

References

Primary references

• Körber, Syst. Lich. Germ.: 358 (1855)

• Koerber, G.W. (1855) Systema Lichenum Germaniae (I-XXXIV). Die Flechten Deutschlands mikroscopisch geprüft, kritisch gesichtet, charakteristisch beschrieben und systematisch geordnet. - Breslau. pp.   **[Mattick Rec.# 23705] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)**

Additional references

• Aptroot, A. (2002) Acrocordia (pp. 89) 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.# 23021] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Acrocordia conoidea: p. 89)

• Harris, R.C. (1975) A taxonomic revision of the genus Arthopyrenia Massal. s. lat. (Ascomycetes) in North America. Ph.D. Disseration. East Lansing: Michigan State University, 288 pages. (Illustration of Acrocordia conoidea: p.237)

• Purvis, O.W. (1992) Acrocordia Massal., 1854 (pp. 64-65) In: Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp.   **[RLL List # 151 / Rec.# 15105] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Acrocordia conoidea: p. 64)

Links

• LIAS

• Acrocordia conoidea in United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, PLANTS Database.

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Acrocordia conoidea

• Lichen Photos by Paul Diederich - Acrocordia conoidea

• Photos of British Lichens - Acrocordia conoidea

• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Acrocordia conoidea

Vernacular names

English: Acrocordia lichen