Lichenothelia convexa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lichenotheliales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Dothideomycetes Ordo: Lichenotheliales

Familia: Lichenotheliaceae
Genus: Lichenothelia
Species: Lichenothelia convexa

Name

Lichenothelia convexa Henssen, Biblioth. Lichenol. 25: 259 (1987). [MycoBank #130694]

Host-Substratum/Locality: On quartzite: Germany

Heterotypic synonym

• Lichenostigma saxicola K.Knudsen & Kocourk., Bryologist 113(2): 230 (2010). [MycoBank #518088]

Typification Details: Holotype UCR, Knudsen 9242

Host-Substratum/Locality: On apothecia of Polysporina simplex and granite: California, U.S.A.

References

• Henssen, A.M. 1987. Lichenothelia, a genus of microfungi on rocks. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 25: 257–293. Schweizerbart Science Publishers Reference page. 

• Knudsen, K. & Kocourková, J. 2010. A new Lichenostigma species (Genus incertae sedis) from southern California. The Bryologist 113(2): 229–234. DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-113.2.229 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

• Muggia, L., Kocourková, J. & Knudsen, K. 2015. Disentangling the complex of Lichenothelia species from rock communities in the desert. Mycologia 107(6): 1233–1253. DOI: 10.3852/15-021 . ResearchGate . RLL (PDF) Reference page.  (p. 1246: synonym)

Links

• Index Fungorum: IF 130694
• MycoBank: MB 130694
• Lichenothelia convexa in GBIF
• Lichenothelia convexa in LIAS light

• North American Lichen Checklist

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Lichenothelia convexa