Placidium pilosellum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Placidium
Species: Placidium pilosellum

Name

Placidium pilosellum (Breuss) Breuss, 1996

World distribution: Europe (excluding the Alps and northern most parts), North Africa, SW Asia, Australia, temperate North America

Basionym

• Catapyrenium pilosellum Breuss, Stapfia 23: 98 (1990)

References

Primary

• Breuss, Ann. Naturhist. Museum Wien 98 B Suppl.: 39 (1996)

• Breuss, O. (1996) Ein verfeinertes Gliederungskonzept für Catapyrenium (lichenisierte Ascomyceten, Verrucariaceae) mit einem Schlüssel für die bisher bekannten Arten. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 98 B Suppl: 35–50.   **[RLL List # 166 / Rec.# 2332] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

Secondary

• Breuss, O. (1990) Die Flechtengattung Catapyrenium (Verrucariaceae) in Europa. - Stapfia 23: 1–153.   **[RLL List # / Rec.# 2316] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (PDF file) (Illustration of Placidium pillosellum: fig. 18)

• Breuss, O. (2002) Placidium (pp. 384-393) 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.# 23103] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Placidium pilosellum: pp. 390-391; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 391)

• Information on Lichens of Australia - Placidium pilosellum

Links

• Checklist of British Lichens (July 2010)

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Illustrations of Placidium pilosellum

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Placidium pilosellum

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Placidium pilosellum