Verrucaria caerulea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Verrucariales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holomycota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Eurotiomycetes Subclassis: Chaetothyriomycetidae Ordo: Verrucariales

Familia: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Verrucaria
Species: Verrucaria caerulea

Name

Verrucaria caerulea DC., 1805   [as 'coerulea']

Synonyms

Verrucaria fuscella var. glaucina (Ach.) Schaerer   (from North American Lichen Checklist)
Thelidium coeruleum (DC.) Gams, 1967
Verrucaria plumbea var. cineracea Mudd Verrucaria plumbea Ach.

References

• DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle, Fl. franç., Edn 3 (Paris) 2: 318 (1805)

• Lamarck, de; De Candolle (1805) Flore Francaise. Troisième edition. Vol. I-IV. Paris.

• Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Verrucaria (pp. 399-408) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp. (Description, color photo, and map of V. caerulea: p. 405)

• Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) (1992) Verrucaria (pp. 630-642) In, The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp. (V. caerulea: p. 635)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Verrucaria (pp. 953-969 - Teil 2) In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp. (V. caerulea: p. 963)

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist (May 2008)

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Verrucaria caerulea

Vernacular names

• English: Wart lichen
• Nederlands: harde kalkstippelkorst