Porpidia macrocarpa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lecideaceae
Genus: Porpidia
Species: Porpidia macrocarpa
Formae: Porpidia m. f. macrocarpa  – Porpidia m. f. nigrocruenta

Name

Porpidia macrocarpa (DC.) Hertel & A.J. Schwab, 1984

Basionym: Patellaria macrocarpa DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle. 1805

Synonyms

• Lecidea contigua (Hoffm.) Fr., Fl. carniol., Edn 2 (Wien): 14 (1827)   (Source: North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011)
• Lecidea sorediifera J.Lowe [as 'soredifera' ], Lloydia 2(3): 253 (1939) (see Coppins, B.J. and Fryday, A.M. 2006)

References

Primary references

• Hertel, Beih. Nova Hedwigia 79: 437 (1984)
• Hertel, H. 1984. Uber saxicole, lecideoide Flechten der Subantarktis. In: Hertel, H. and Oberwinkler, F. (eds.): Beitrage zur Lichenologie. Festscrift J. Poelt. Beiheft zur Nova Hedwigia 79. J. Cramer, Vaduz, pp. 399–499. [RLL List # 123-54 / Rec.# 8459]

Secondary references

• Coppins, B.J. & Fryday, A.M. 2006. Reassessment of some lichen species described by Josiah Lowe, and notes on some other North America lecideoid lichens. The Bryologist 109(1): 9–17. DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745(2006)109[0009:ROSLSD]2.0.CO;2 . JSTOR . MSU (PDF) Reference page.  (Lecidea soredifera = Porpidia macrocarpa)
• Dobson, F.S. 2000. (Fourth edition) Porpidia (pp. 317–321). 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, distribution map, color photo of Porpidia macrocarpa: p. 320.)
• Galloway, D.J. & Coppins, B.J. 1992. Porpidia Körber, 1855 (pp. 494–499). In: Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & 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. Discussion of Porpidia macrocarpa: p. 498.)
• Knoph, J.-G. & Rambold, G. 2004 Porpidia (pp. 422–424). In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Diederich, P., Gries, C. & Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages. (RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 25945: Recent Literature on Lichens. Discussion of Porpidia macrocarpa: p. 424.)
• Thomson, J.W. 2003. Porpidia Körber (pp. 192–194) In: Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (RLL List # 190 / Rec.# 24161: Recent Literature on Lichens. Discussion of Porpidia macrocarpa: p. 194)
• van Herk, K. & Aptroot, A. 2004. Porpidia (Fr.) Körber (pp. 316–319). In: Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages. (Dutch). (RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 26085: Recent Literature on Lichens. Discussion of Porpidia macrocarpa: pp. 316 & 318; color photo: p. 317.)
• Wirth, V. 1995. Porpidia Körber (Teil 2., pp. 765–772). In: Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp. (German) (RLL List # 159 / Rec.# 20405: Recent Literature on Lichens] (Discussion of Porpidia macrocarpa: 771.)

Links

• Plants Profile for Porpidia macrocarpa (porpidia lichen). USDA Plants Database.
• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#20) 19 April 2015
• Porpidia macrocarpa (DC.) Hertel & A.J. Schwab. Index Fungorum.
• Porpidia macrocarpa MycoBank.

Links to Photos

• Porpidia macrocarpa. Pictures of Tropical Lichens.
• Sharnoff, S. Porpidia macrocarpa.
• Stridvall, L. & Stridvall, A. Porpidia macrocarpa.
• Porpidia macrocarpa. Irish Lichens.
• Lindsey, J.K. 2003, 2007. Porpidia macrocarpa. The Ecology of Commanster.

Vernacular names

English: Porpidia lichen
Nederlands: Granietblauwkorst