Leprocaulon

Leprocaulon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leprocaulales 

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

Familia: Leprocaulaceae
Genus: Leprocaulon
Species: L. adhaerens L. americanum L. beechingii L. calcicola L. coriense L. inexpectatum L. knudsenii L. nanum L. nicholsiae L. quisquiliare L. santamonicae L. terricola L. textum

Name

Leprocaulon Nyl., 1878

Type species: Leprocaulon quisquiliare (Leers) M. Choisy

References

Primary references

  • Nyl., in Lamy, Bull. Soc. bot. Fr. 25: 352 (1878)

References

  • Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Leprocaulon (pp. 397-398) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (The Book)   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**
  • Ryan, B.D. (2002) Leprocaulon (pp. 262-264) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages.   **[RLL List # 187 / Rec.# 23074] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**
  • USDA Plants Database

Vernacular names

  • English: Cottonthread lichens,   Mealy lichens