Sphinctrina leucopoda

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sphinctrinaceae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Eurotiomycetes Subclassis: Mycocaliciomycetidae Ordo: Mycocaliciales Familia: Sphinctrinaceae

Genus: Sphinctrina
Species: Sphinctrina leucopoda

Name

Sphinctrina leucopoda Nyl., 1860

Life habit:Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Apothecia: 0.2-0.3 mm tall, distinctly stalked.

Hosts: Pertusaria (especially Pertusaria pertusa), particularly on Quercus or other old deciduous trees.

Synonyms

• Calicium kylemoriensis Larbal., 1870
• Calicium kylemoriensis Larbal. ex Leight.
• Calicium leucopodum (Nyl.) Tuck., 1872
• Cyphelium kylemoriensis Larbal., in Leighton, 1889
• Sphinctrina kylemoriensis (Larbal. ex Leight.) Cromb., 1882
• Sphinctrina pedata (Stenh.) R.Sant., 1960
• Sphinctrina turbinata * pedata Stenh., 1865

References

Primary references

• Nyl., Syn. Lich. 1(2): 144 (1860)

• Nylander, W. (1860) Synopsis methodica lichenum omnium hucusque cognitorum praemissa introductione lingua gallica tractata. - L. Martinet\Paris. 141-430, pl. v-viii, pp. v-xxi pp.   **[Mattick Rec.# 21845] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)**

References

• Lofgren, O. and Tibell, L. (1979) Sphinctrina in Europe. - Lichenologist 11: 109–137.   **[RLL List # 104-65 / Rec.# 11717] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**(doi:10.1017/S0024282979000189) (Illustrations of S. leucopoda: figs. 9 & 10)

• Purvis, O.W. (1992) Sphinctrina Fr. (1828) (pp. 569-570) 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)** (Description of S. leucopoda: pp. 569-570)

• Selva, S.B. 2014: The calicioid lichens and fungi of the Acadian Forest ecoregion of northeastern North America, II. The rest of the story. The Bryologist 117(4): 336–367.   (BioOne)   (Sphinctrina leucopoda: pp. 362-363)

• Tibell, L. (1999) Caliciales. Nordic Lichen Flora 1: 20–71. (Illustration of S. leucopoda: plate 11)

• Tibell, L. (2004) Sphinctrina (pp. 699-701) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Diederich, P., Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 26025] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of S. leucopoda, and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 700)

Links

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

• Sphinctrina leucopoda in Index Fungorum.

• Sphinctrina leucopoda in MycoBank

Vernacular names

English: Sphinctrina lichen