Dermatocarpon polyphyllizum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Verrucariales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Eurotiomycetes Subclassis: Chaetothyriomycetidae Ordo: Verrucariales

Familia: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Dermatocarpon
Species: Dermatocarpon polyphyllizum

Name

Dermatocarpon polyphyllizum (Nyl.) Blomb. & Forssell, 1880

Substrate and ecology: On rocks at higher elevations

World distribution: Bipolar, arctic or at higher altitudes

Basionym

• Endocarpon polyphyllizum Nyl., in Flora, vol. LVIII, 1875, p. 362.

Synonyms

• Dermatocarpon spitsbergense Lynge
• Dermatocarpon caesium var. frigidum Räsänen

References

Primary references

• Zahlbruckner, A. Catalogus Lichenum Universalis 1, 1922, page 232

• Dermatocarpon polyphyllizum Blomberg. et Forssell, Enumeratur Plantae Scandinaviae, 1880, p. 96.   (Europa borealis, rupicola)

Additional references=

• Heidmarsson, S. (2001) The genus Dermatocarpon (Verrucariales, lichenized Ascomycotina) in the Nordic countries. - Nordic Journal of Botany 20: 605–639.   **[RLL List # 195 / Rec.# 25426] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2000.tb01612.x)   (Illustration of Dermatocarpon polyphyllizum: p. 629)

• Heidmarsson, S. and Breuss, O. (2004) Dermatocarpon (pp. 88-93) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 25889] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Discussion of Dermatocarpon polyphyllizum: p. 91)

Links

• LIAS

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to Photos

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