Sphinctrina tubiformis

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 tubiformis

Name

Sphinctrina tubiformis A.Massal., 1853

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Apothecia: 0.15-0.36 mm high, often +/- immersed in the host thallus.

Hosts: Parasitic or parasymbiotic on thin lichen thalli, e.g., Pertusaria leioplaca.

Synonyms

• Calicium tubaeforme (A.Massal.) R.L.Seym., 1929
• Cyphelium tubaeforme (A.Massal.) A.Schneid., 1898
• Sphinctrina microcephala Nyl., 1860 (non (Sm.) Körb.)
• Sphinctrina turbinata var. microcephala (Nyl.) Mudd

References

Primary references

• A. Massal., Mém. Lich.: 155 (1853)

• Massalongo, A.B. (1853) Memorie lichenografiche con un' appendice alle ricerche sull' autonomia dei licheni crostosi. - H.F. Münster\Verona. 1-183 pp.   **[Mattick Rec.# 33102] - (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) (Illlustrations of S. tubaeformis: figs. 13 & 14)

• 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. tubaeformis [as S. tubiformis]: p. 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 tubaeformis: p. 363)

• 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. tubaeformis: pp. 700-701; distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 701)

• Triebel, D., Rambold, G. and Nash III, T.H. (1991) On lichenicolous fungi from continental North America. Mycotaxon 42: 263–296.   **[RLL List # / Rec.# 18992] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Web site) (Description of S. tubaeformis: p. 288)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Sphinctrina Fr. (pp. 864-866) - 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)** (Description of S. tubaeformis [as S. tubiformis]: p. 865)

Links

• USDA Plants Database (as S. tubiformis)

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

• Sphinctrina tubiformis in Index Fungorum (as S. tubiformis)

• Sphinctrina tubiformis in MycoBank (as S. tubiformis)

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Sphinctrina tubaeformis

Vernacular names

English: Sphinctrina lichen