Thelotrema lepadinum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Thelotremataceae
Genus: Thelotrema
Species: Thelotrema lepadinum

Name

Thelotrema lepadinum (Ach.) Ach., 1803

Basionym

• Lichen lepadinus Ach., 1798

Synonyms

• Antrocarpum inclusum (Sowerby) Spreng., 1827
• Antrocarpum lepadinum (Ach.) Trevis., Revta Period. Lav. Regia Accad. Sci., Padova: 270 (1852)
• Endocarpon lepadinum (Ach.) Wahlenb., Encycl. Méth. Bot., Suppl. 3: 409 (1826)
• Lichen inclusus Sowerby, Col. fig. Engl. Fung. Mushr. (1800)
• Lichen lepadinus Ach., Lich. suec. prodr. (Linköping): 30 (1798)
• Parmelia lepadina (Ach.) Hornem., Dansk. Oecon. Pl. 2: 547 (1837)
• Thelotrema inclusum (Sowerby) Funck, 1808
• Thelotrema lepadinum f. rupestre (Turner) Cromb.
• Thelotrema lepadinum (Ach.) Ach., Method. Lich.: 132 (1803) var. lepadinum
• Thelotrema lepadinum var. rupestre Turner
• Thelotrema lepadinum var. scutelliforme Ach.
• Urceolaria lepadina (Ach.) Tuck. ex Curtis, 1867
• Volvaria lepadina (Ach.) A.Massal., Ric. auton. lich. crost. (Verona): 141 (1852)

References

Primary

• Ach., Method. Lich.: 132 (1803)

• Acharius, E. (1803) Methodus qua omnes detectos lichenes secundum organa carpomorpha ad genera, species et varietates redigere atque observationibus illustrare tentavit Erik Acharius (Methodus Lichenum). Cum tab. aen. - Stockholm. pp.   **[Mattick Rec.# 30921] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)** (PDF file)

Secondary

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Thelotrema (pp. 680-681) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of T. lepadinum and distribution map for North America: p. 681; color photo: p. 681, plate 835)

• Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Thelotrema (pp. 378-379) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp.   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22402] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of T. lepadinum and sketch of ascus: p. 378; color photo and map: p. 379)

• Hawksworth, D.L. (1992) Thelotrema Ach., 1803 (pp. 599-601) 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 T. lepadinum: p. 600)

• van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Thelotrema Ach. (pp. 362-363) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 26085] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of T. lepadinum: p. 362; color photo: p. 363)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Thelotrema Ach. (pp. 904-905) - 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 and color photo of T. lepadinum: p 905)

Links

• USDA Plants Database - Thelotrema lepadinum

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Thelotrema lepadinum

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Thelotrema lepadinum

• A Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Thelotrema lepadinum

• Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Thelotrema lepadinum

• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Thelotrema lepadinum

• British Lichens Species Gallery - Thelotrema lepadinum

• British Lichens Species Gallery - Thelotrema lepadinum

• Discover Life Lichen Photos - Thelotrema lepadinum

• Sky Net Photo (J.P. Duvivier) - Thelotrema lepadinum

Vernacular names

English: Bark barnacles,   Barnacle lichen
Nederlands: Beukenwrat