Protothelenella sphinctrinoidella

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Protothelenellaceae
Genus: Protothelenella
Species: Protothelenella sphinctrinoidella

Name

Protothelenella sphinctrinoidella (Nyl.) H. Mayrhofer & Poelt, 1985

Substrate and ecology: Encrusting dead mosses and dead lichen thalli, rarely on acid soil and plant detritus in upper montane to alpine habitats.

World distribution: Mountains of central Europe, northern Europe, North America

Basionym

• Verrucaria sphinctrinoidella Nyl., Flora 47: 355 (1864)

Synonyms

• Microglaena sphinctrinoidella (Nyl.) Arnold, Kgl. Vid.-Selsk. Skr. 5: 366 (1868)
• Microglaena reducta (Th. Fr.) Hellbom
• Microglena geoctona Hellbom
• Thelenella coenosa Vain.
• Verrucaria sphinctrinoidella Nyl., Flora, Jena 47: 355 (1864)

References

Primary

• H. Mayrhofer & Poelt, Herzogia 7 (1-2): 47 (1985)

• Mayrhofer, H. and Poelt, J. (1985) Die Flechtengattung Microglaena sensu Zahlbruckner in Europa. - Herzogia 7: 13–79.   **[RLL List # 127-122 / Rec.# 12523] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Illustrations of Protothelenella sphinctrinoidella: pp. 24 & 51)

Secondary

• Mayrhofer, H. (2002) Protothelenella (pp. 408-409) 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.# 23111] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

• Purvis, O.W. and James, P.W. (1992) Protothelenella Räsänen (1943) (pp. 503-505) 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.   **[RLL List # 151 / Rec.# 15105] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Protothelenella sphinctrinoidella: p. 504)

• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Protothelenella Räsänen (pp. 504-505) In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages.   **[RLL List # 170 / Rec.# 18517] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Books.Google) (Discussion of Protothelenella corrosa: p. 504) (Discussion of Protothelenella sphinctrinoidella: pp. 504-505)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Protothelenella Räsänen (pp. 778-780) - Teil 2 - In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German.   **[RLL List # 159 / Rec.# 20405] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Protothelenella sphinctrinoidella: p. 780)

Links

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Link to photo

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