Micarea micrococca

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Byssolomataceae
Genus: Micarea
Species: Micarea micrococca

Name

Micarea micrococca (Körb.) Gams ex Coppins, 2002

Substratum: Usually on shaded tree boles

Basionym

• Biatora micrococca Körb., Parerga lichenol. (Breslau): 155 (1860)

Synonyms

• Biatora micrococca Körb., Parerga lichenol. (Breslau): 155 (1860)
• Biatorina micrococca (Körb.) Arnold, Flora, Jena 67: 565 (1884)
• Catillaria micrococca (Körb.) Th. Fr., Lich. Scand. (Uppsala) 1: 571 (1874)
• Lecidea micrococca (Körb.) Cromb., J. Bot., Lond. 14: 361 (1875)

• Micarea micrococca (Körb.) Brodo, Syllogeus 29: 130 (1981)
• Micarea micrococca (Körb.) Gams, Kl. Krypt.-Fl., Edn 3 (Stuttgart) 3: 67 (1967)
• Micarea prasina f. micrococca (Körb.) Hedl., Bih. K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Afd. 3 18(no. 3): 77 (1892)

Primary references

• Coppins, Checklist of Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland (UK): 86 (2002)

• Coppins, B.J. (2002) Checklist of Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. British Lichen Society. 87 pp.   (RLL List # 195 / Rec. # 25625 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

References

• Barton, J. and Lendemer, J.C. 2014: Micarea micrococca and M. prasina, the first assessment of two very similar species in eastern North America. The Bryologist 117(3): 223–231.   (DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-117.3.223)

• Czarnota, P. and Guzow-Krzemińska, B. (2010) A phylogenetic study of the Micarea prasina group shows that Micarea micrococca includes three distinct lineages. The Lichenologist 42(1): 7–21.   (RLL List # 217 / Rec. # 30661 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (doi:10.1017/S0024282909990211)

• Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Micarea (pp. 228-234) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp.   (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22402 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Micarea micrococca as M. prasina in Dobson, 2000; from Fryday and Coppins, 2007)

• Fryday, A.M. and Coppins, B.J. (2007) Micarea (pp. 246-250) In: Nash III, T.H.; Gries, C.; and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages.   (RLL List # 210 / Rec. # 29991 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Micarea micrococca: pp. 248-249; distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 248)

• van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Micarea (pp. 248-256) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch.   (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 26085 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Micarea micrococca: p. 252; color photo: p. 253)

• Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories(List M)

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

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

• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Micarea micrococca