Massalongia carnosa

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Peltigerineae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Peltigerales Subordo: Peltigerineae

Massalongia carnosa (Dickson) Körber, 1855

Substrate and ecology: Grows among mosses on a range of different acidic rocks in moist habitats at intermediate elevations

World distribution: Temperate regions of North and South America, Europe, eastern Asia and Australasia

Biatora carnosa (Dicks.) Rabenh., Deutschl. Krypt.-Fl. (Leipzig) 2: 91 (1845)
Lecanora carnosa (Dicks.) Hook. f.
Lecanora muscorum Ach., 1814
Lecidea carnosa (Dicks.) Sommerf., 1827
Lichen carnosus Dicks., Fasc. pl. crypt. brit. (London) 2 (1790)
Massalongia carnosa f. muscorum (Ach.) Gyeln., 1940
Massalongia carnosa var. determinata (Nyl.) A.L. Sm., Monogr. Brit. Lich. 1: 89 (1918)
Pannaria carnosa (Dicks.) Rabenh., Krypt.-Fl. Sachsen, Abth. 2: 248 (1870)
Pannaria muscorum (Ach.) Delise, in Duby, Bot. Gall. (Paris) 2: 607 (1830)
Pannaria muscorum var. determinata Nyl., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4 12: 295 (1859)
Pannularia carnosa (Dicks.) Cromb., Ber. Tät. St Gall. naturw. Ges.: 337 (1882) [1880-81]
Pannularia muscorum (Ach.) Stizenb., (1882) [1880-81]
Parmelia carnosa (Dicks.) Schaer., 1842
Parmelia muscorum (Ach.) Fr., 1831
Parmeliella muscorum (Ach.) Müll. Arg., 1894
Patellaria muscorum (Ach.) Spreng., 1827
Psora carnosa (Dicks.) Hoffm., 1796
Psoroma muscorum (Ach.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 1–824 (1821)
Racoblenna carnosa (Dicks.) Trevis., Lichenoth. Veneta: no. 98 (1859)
Squamaria muscorum (Ach.) Hook., in Smith, Engl. Fl. (London) 5: 198 (1844)
Zeora muscorum (Ach.) Flot., 1849

Koerber, G.W. (1855) Systema Lichenum Germaniae (I-XXXIV). Die Flechten Deutschlands mikroscopisch geprüft, kritisch gesichtet, charakteristisch beschrieben und systematisch geordnet. - Breslau. pp. (Mattick's Literature Index)

Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Massalongia (pp. 427-428) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Discussion of Massalongia carnosa: pp. 427-428; distribution map for North America: p. 427; color photo: p. 428, plate 489)

Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Massalongia (p. 226) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp. (Discussion of Massalongia carnosa, map and color photo: p. 226)

McCune, B. and Geiser, L. (2009) Massalongia (p. 194) Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. (Second Edition) Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 464 pp. (Discussion of Massalongia carnosa and color photo: p. 194)

Nash III, T.H. (2002) Massalongia (pp. 272-274) 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. Discussion of Massalongia carnosa: pp. 273-274; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 273)

Purvis, O.W. (1992) Massalongia Körber (1855) (pp. 364-365) 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. (Discussion of Massalongia carnosa: p. 365)

Thomson, J.W. (1984) Massalongia Körber, (pp. 274-275). In, American Arctic Lichens: 1. The Macrolichens. Columbia University Press, New York, 504 pages. (Books.Google) (Discussion of Massalongia carnosa: p. 275; distribution map for the American arctic: p. 274)