Ramboldia russula

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Ramboldiaceae
Genus: Ramboldia
Species: Ramboldia russula

Name

Ramboldia russula (Ach.) Kalb, Lumbsch & Elix, 2008

Basionym: Lecidea russula Ach., Method. Lich.: 61 (1803)

Synonyms

• Biatora russula (Ach.) Mont., 1841
• Lecidea russula Ach., Method. Lich.: 61 (1803)
• Lepadolemma russulum (Ach.) Trevis., 1852 [1851-52]
• Patellaria russula (Ach.) Spreng., 1827
• Protoblastenia russula (Ach.) Räsänen, 1938
• Protoblastenia russula (Ach.) Räsänen, 1938 var. russula
• Pyrrhospora russula (Ach.) Hafellner, 1992

Substrate and ecology: (Pyrrhospora russula in Sonoran Desert Region) On smooth bark or wood of hardwoods, e.g. Quercus coccolobifolia and Quercus viminea or on acidic rocks in pine forests.

References

Primary references

• Kalb, Lumbsch & Elix, Nova Hedwigia 86 (1-2): 37 (2008)

• Kalb, K.; Staiger, B.; Elix, J.A.; Lange, U. and Lumbsch, H.T. (2008) A new circumscription of the genus Ramboldia (Lecanoraceae, Ascomycota) based on morphological and molecular evidence. Nova Hedwigia 86 (1-2): 23–42.   (RLL List # 212 / Rec. # 30071 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (DOI: 10.1127/0029-5035/2008/0086-0023)

Additional references

• In Kalb and Hafellner, Herzogia 9: 86 (1992)

• Kalb, K. and Hafellner, J. (1992) Bemerkenswerte Flechten und lichenicole Pilze von der Insel Madeira. - Herzogia 9: 45–102.   (RLL List # 148 / Rec. # 9645 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Pyrrhospora (pp. 614-616) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22465 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Pyrrhospora russula: pp. 615-616; distribution map for North America: p. 615; color photo: p. 616, plate 747)

• Ryan, B.D.; Tønsberg, T.; Nash III, T.H. and Hafellner, J. (2004) Pyrrhospora (pp. 436-439) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Diederich, P., Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages. (Description of Pyrrhospora russula, and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 439)

Links

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Pyrrhospora russula

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Ramboldia russula