Leprocaulon
Leprocaulon knudsenii in southern California
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Leprocaulales
Family: Leprocaulaceae
Genus: Leprocaulon
Nyl. (1879)
Type species
Leprocaulon nanum
(Ach.) Nyl. (1879)

Leprocaulon is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Leprocaulaceae.[1] Members of the genus Leprocaulon are commonly called mealy lichens.[2]

Species

  • Leprocaulon adhaerens (K.Knudsen, Elix & Lendemer) Lendemer & B.P.Hodk. (2013)[3]
  • Leprocaulon americanum Lendemer & B.P.Hodk. (2013)[3]
  • Leprocaulon beechingii Lendemer (2020)[4] – eastern North America
  • Leprocaulon calcicola Earl.-Benn., Orange, C.J.B.Hitch & Mark Powell (2017)[5] – Great Britain
  • Leprocaulon coriense (Hue) Lendemer & B.P.Hodk. (2013)[3]
  • Leprocaulon knudsenii Lendemer & B.P.Hodk. (2013)[3] – mountain ranges of central and southern California, USA
  • Leprocaulon nicholsiae Lendemer & E.Tripp (2018)[6]
  • Leprocaulon santamonicae (K.Knudsen & Elix) Lendemer & B.P.Hodk. (2013)[3]
  • Leprocaulon terricola (Lendemer) Lendemer & B.P.Hodk. (2013)[3]
  • Leprocaulon textum (K.Knudsen, Elix & Lendemer) Lendemer & B.P.Hodk. (2013)[3]

References

  1. ↑ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  2. ↑ USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lendemer, James C.; Hodkinson, Brendan P. (2013). "A radical shift in the taxonomy of Lepraria s.l.: Molecular and morphological studies shed new light on the evolution of asexuality and lichen growth form diversification". Mycologia. 105 (4): 994–1018. doi:10.3852/12-338. PMID 23709574. S2CID 33440652.
  4. ↑ Lendemer, James C. (2020). "Leprocaulon beechingii (Leprocaulaceae), a new species from the southern Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America". The Bryologist. 123 (1): 1. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-123.1.001. S2CID 212649999.
  5. ↑ Orange, Alan; Earland-Bennett, Peter M.; Hitch, Christopher J.B.; Powell, Mark (2017). "A new leprose Leprocaulon (Ascomycota, Leprocaulales) from Great Britain". The Lichenologist. 49 (3): 183–188. doi:10.1017/S0024282917000093. S2CID 90551971.
  6. ↑ Tripp, Erin A.; Lendemer, James C. (2019). "Highlights from 10+ Years of Lichenological Research in Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Celebrating the United States National Park Service Centennial". Systematic Botany. 44 (4): 943–980. doi:10.1600/036364419X15710776741332. S2CID 208176635.


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