Plectocarpon lichenum

Familia: Lecanographaceae
Genus: Plectocarpon
Species: Plectocarpon lichenum

Plectocarpon lichenum (Sommerf.) D. Hawksw., 1984

Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens).

Basionym: Dothidea lichenum Sommerf., 1826

• Index of Fungi 5: 359

• Hawksworth & Galloway: Lichenologist 16 (1): 86

• Hawksworth, D.L. and Galloway, D.J. (1984) The identity of Plectocarpon Fee, and its implications for Lichenomyces pseudocyphellaria and the typification of Sticta delisea. - Lichenologist 16: 85–89.

• Ertz, D. and Diederich, P. (2007) Plectocarpon (pp. 402-403) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages. (Description of P. lichenum: pp. 402-403)

• Ertz, D., Christnach, C., Wedin, M. and Diederich, P. (2005) A world monograph of the genus Plectocarpon (Roccellaceae, Arthoniales) Bibliotheca Lichenologica No. 91. J. Cramer, Berlin & Stuttgart. 155 pp. (Plectocarpon lichenum: p. 61)

• Fungorum

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008