Agyrium rufum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Agyriaceae
Genus: Agyrium
Species: Agyrium rufum

Name

Agyrium rufum (Pers.) Fr., 1822

Life habit: Saprophytic fungus (Not lichenized).

Basionym: Stictis rufa Pers., 1800

Synonyms

• Agyrium rufum var. pallens Fr., 1822
• Biatora grumosa (Leight.) Walt.Watson, 1953
• Lecidea grumosa Leight., 1876
• Stictis rufa Pers., 1800 [1799]
• Xylographa parallela f. pallescens Fr.

References

• Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 2(1): 232 (1822)

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Brief discussion on Agyrium rufum: p. 749, under Xylographa)

• Kantvilas, G. 2002: Agyrium Fr., Bryophagus Nitschke ex Arnold and Racodium Fr., lichen genera previously unrecorded for Australia. - Muelleria 16: 65–70. [1]

• Purvis, O.W. and James. P.W. (1992) Agyrium Fr. (1822) (p. 67) 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. (Description of A. rufum: p. 67)

• Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

• LIAS

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Agyrium rufum

Vernacular names

English: Agyrium lichen
日本語: マダラゴケ