Sarcogyne clavus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Acarosporaceae
Genus: Sarcogyne
Species: Sarcogyne clavus

Name

Sarcogyne clavus (DC.) Kremp., 1861

Substrate and ecology: On vertical surfaces of hard acid rock in moist habitats.

Basionym: Patellaria clavus DC., 1805

Synonyms

• Acarospora clavus (DC.) Burnham, 1922
• Biatorella clavus (DC.) Th.Fr.
• Cathisinia concinna Stirt., 1888
• Lecanora clavus (DC.) Vain., 1881
• Lecidea clavus (DC.) Steud., 1824
• Lichen clavus (DC.) Ramond, 1805
• Patellaria clavus DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle, 1805

References

• Kremp., Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 4: 212 (1861)
• Krempelhuber, A. von (1861) Die Lichenflora Bayerns oder Aufzählung der bisher in Bayern (diesseits des Rheins) aufgefundenen Lichenen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der verticalen Verbreitung dieser Gewächse in den Alpen. - Denkschr. K. bayer. bot. Ges. Regensburg 4: 1–317.
• Hawksworth, D.L. (1992) Sarcogyne Flowtow (1851) (pp. 555-556) 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. (Description of S. clavus: p. 555)
• Knudsen, K. and Standley, S.M. (2007) Sarcogyne (pp. 289-296) 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. (Description of S. clavus, and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 291) (Color photo in plate section of Vol. III)
• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Sarcogyne (pp. 576-579). In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages. (Description of S. clavus: pp. 576-577; distribution map for North America: p. 577)
• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Sarcogyne (pp.216-217). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Description of S. clavus: pp. 216-217)
• Wirth, V. (1995) Sarcogyne (pp. 844-846 - Teil 2) In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German. (Description and color photo of apothecia of S. clavus: p. 845)
• Index Fungorum
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist (Sep 2008)

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Sarcogyne clavus

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

Vernacular names

English: Sarcogyne lichen
Nederlands: granietkroontjeskorst