Polysporina lapponica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Acarosporaceae
Genus: Polysporina
Species: Polysporina lapponica

Name

Polysporina lapponica (Ach. ex Schaer.) Degel., 1982

Life habit: Lichenicolous or lichenized.

Substrate and ecology: On acidic rocks, independent or lichenicolous on crustose lichens including Acarospora and Lecidea.   (Knudsen, 2007)

Basionym: Lecidea lapponica Ach. ex Schaer., 1850

Synonyms

• Polysporina dubia (H.Magn.) Vězda, 1978
• Acarospora lapponica (Schaer.) Th.Fr.
• Acarospora subfuscescens (Nyl.) H.Magn., 1935
• Sarcogyne bicolor H.Magn.
• Sarcogyne dubia H.Magn., 1935

References

• Degel., Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Litt. Gothob., Bot.: 2 (1982)
• Degelius, G. (1982) The lichen flora of the island of Vega in Nordland, northern Norway. - Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum et Litterarum Gothobergensis, Botanica 2: 1–127.
• Knudsen, K. (2005) Polysporina lapponica in Southern California. Opuscula Philolichenum 2: 17–19. [1]
• Knudsen, K. (2007) Polysporina (pp. 276-278) 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. (Description of P. lapponica and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 277) (Color photo in plate section of Vol. III)
• Triebel, D., Rambold, G. & Nash III, T.H. (1991) On lichenicolous fungi from continental North America. Mycotaxon 42: 263–296.
• Wirth, V. (1995) Polysporina (pp. 758-759 - Teil 2) In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German. (Description of P. lapponica: p. 758)
• Index Fungorum
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist (Sep 2008)

Vernacular names

English: Lapland polysporina lichen