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mycoporum lichen
Scientific Name: Mycoporum compositum
Family: Mycoporaceae
Category: Lichen
Growth: Lichenous
Duration:
Other Names:
Mycoporum Lichen
The following information pertains to the lichen genus Mycoporum, encompassing various species and their characteristics.
Nomenclature and Taxonomy
- Scientific Name: Mycoporum (Flotow ex Nylander, 1855) or Mycoporum (Flot. ex Nyl.)
- Common Name: Mycoporum Lichen
- Family: Mycoporaceae
- Kingdom: Fungi/Lichens (Informal Taxonomy)
- Taxonomic Rank: Genus
- Synonyms:
- Mycoporellum sparsellum auct. brit. p.max.p.
- Tomasellia lactea
- Classification: Fungi, Ascomycota, Ascomycetes, Dothideales, Mycoporaceae, Mycoporum
Distribution and Habitat
- Found in Britain and Ireland.
- Observed in Dorset, UK.
- Distributed in the USA and Canada.
- Present in Taiwan.
- Found in Parana, Brazil, at 10 m elevation, growing on tree bark.
- Occurs in Costa Rica.
- Identified in Sri Lanka.
- Specimens collected in Bermuda.
- Also reported in the Azores.
Morphological Characteristics
- Crustose epiphytic, found on Pistacia lentiscus near the coast.
- Thallus: Mycoporum acervatum thallus.
- Perethecia are frequently joined or compound, each with its own opening.
Species Examples
- Mycoporum antecellens (Nyl.) R.C. Harris
- Mycoporum biseptatum (Degel.) R.C. Harris & Lendemer
- Mycoporum californicum (Zahlbr.)
- Mycoporum compositum (A. Massal.) R.C. Harris
- Mycoporum eschweileri (Mull. Arg.) R. C. Harris
- Mycoporum lacteum (Ach.) R.C. Harris
- Mycoporum pycnocarpoides Mll. Arg.
- Mycoporum sparsellum Nyl.
Ecology
- Epiphytic: Commonly found growing on tree bark.
Further Information
- Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol 1. Tempe, AZ.
- British Lichen Society - BLS Mapping Scheme dataset.
- Centre for Environmental Data and Recording, Northern Ireland Lichen Survey.
- Australian New Crops Web Site.
- North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#15) 27 Aug 2009.
- Lichen Herbarium Berlin.
- California Lichen Society.