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schaereria lichen

Scientific Name: Schaereria fuscocinerea

Family: Schaereriaceae

Category: Lichen

Growth: Lichenous

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Schaereria fuscocinerea

Schaereria fuscocinerea, commonly known as False Map Lichen or Schaereria Lichen, is a fascinating species of lichen. The information below details its taxonomy, distribution, and other interesting aspects.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Schaereria fuscocinerea (Nyl.) Clauzade &amp Roux
  • Family: Agyriaceae (implied by mention of Schaereria brunnea belonging to this family)
  • Synonyms:
    • Schaereria cinereorufa (Schaerer) Th. Fr. = Lecidea cinereorufa Schaerer = Lecidea rugosa Lowe
    • Schaereria tenebrosa (Flotow) Hertel &amp Poelt
  • Taxonomic Rank: species
  • Name Form: Well-formed
  • Taxon Reference: Schaereria fuscocinerea var. fuscocinerea (Nyl.) Clauzade &amp Cl. Roux, NHMSYS0001497118
  • Schaereria serenior (Vain.) Vitik.
  • Schaereria dolodes (Nyl. ex Hasse) Schmull &amp T. Sprib.

Distribution and Habitat

  • Found in the Greater Sonoran Desert.
  • Distribution map available for North America.
  • Occurs in Northwest Territories and northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba with disjunctions in Maine, Arizona, Colorado.
  • Species are found in the Aegean region.
  • Grows in high altitudes in continental Antarctica.
  • Found in alpine Tasmania.
  • Also found in China, Yunnan.
  • Habitat includes Pointe du Van.

Morphological Characteristics

  • Thallus is crustose, with milky-coffee to grey- or dark-brown areoles set on a black prothallus.
  • Apothecia are black, irregular in shape, and lack thalline margins.
  • Schaereria dolodes is described as a brown crustose lichen with black apothecium.

Interactions with Other Organisms

  • Can be a host to lichenicolous fungi. A specific lichenicolous lichen on Schaereria fuscocinerea is characterized by the presence of miriquidic acid and smooth ascospores.
  • Mention of algal communities colonizing the lichen thalli.

Further Information

  • Greater Sonoran Desert Lichen Flora. Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bungartz, F., (eds.) 2001.
  • The British Lichen Society
  • Garden Guides offers information on Schaereria Lichen (Fuscocinerea) and gardening.
  • Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fth edition) Schaereria (pp. 353-354) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond
  • Recent Literature on Lichens
  • LIASlight ItemID: 5748
  • Canadian Jnal of

Quirky Facts

  • Lichens are made up of two and sometimes three organisms.