Verrucaria margacea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Verrucariales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Eurotiomycetes Subclassis: Chaetothyriomycetidae Ordo: Verrucariales

Familia: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Verrucaria
Species: Verrucaria margacea

Name

Verrucaria margacea (Wahlenb.) Wahlenb., 1812

Basionym

• Thelotrema margaceum Wahlenb., 1803

Synonyms

• Involucrothele margacea (Wahlenb.) Servít, 1954
• Lithocia margacea (Wahlenb.) A.Massal., 1853
• Pyrenula margacea (Wahlenb.) Ach., 1809
• Thelidium margaceum (Leight.) Zschacke, 1920
• Thelotrema margaceum Wahlenb., in Acharius, 1803
• Verrucaria applanata Zahlbr.
• Verrucaria leightonii Hepp, 1853

References

• Wahlenb., Flora Lappon.: 465 (1812).

• Wahlenberg, G. 1812: Flora lapponica. Cum Mappa Botanico-geographica. Berolini 1812.

• Breuss, O. (2007) Verrucaria (pp. 335-377). 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. (V. margacea description: p. 363)

• McCarthy, P.M. (2001) Verrucaria. Flora of Australia 58 A: 176-196. (Illustration of V. margacea: p. 186)

• 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. margacea: pp. 638-39)

• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Verrucaria (pp. 629-645). In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages. (Description of V. margacea: p. 638; illustration of perithecium & map: p. 639)

• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Verrucaria (pp. 241-244). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (V. margacea: p. 243)

• 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. margacea: p. 967)

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist (May 2008)

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Link to photo

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Verrucaria margacea

Vernacular names

English: Wart lichen