Dermatocarpon

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Fungi
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Eurotiomycetes
Subclassis: Chaetothyriomycetidae
Ordo: Verrucariales
Familia: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Dermatocarpon
Species: D. americanum - D. arenosaxi - D. arnoldianum - D. atrogranulosum - D. bachmannii - D. deminuens - D. dolomiticum - D. intestiniforme - D. leptophyllodes - D. leptophyllum - D. linkolae - D. lorenzianum - D. luridum - D. meiophyllizum - D. miniatum - D. moulinsii - D. muhlenbergii - D. multifolium - D. polyphyllizum - D. reticulatum - D. rivulorum - D. schaechtelinii - D. taminium - D. tenue - D. tomentulosum - D. vellereum

Name

Dermatocarpon Eschw., 1824

Type species: Dermatocarpon miniatum (L.) W. Mann, 1825

Family: Verrucariaceae

Life habit: Lichenized

References

Eschw., Syst. Lich.: 21 (1824)

Eschweiler, F.G. (1824) Systema lichenum, genera exhibens rite distincta, pluribus novis adaucta. - Norimbergiae. 1-26 pp. (Mattick's Literature Index) (PDF file)

Amtoft, A. (2006) A new species of Dermatocarpon (Verrucariaceae) from the United States and the Bahamas. - The Bryologist 109(2): 182-184. (Recent Literature on Lichens) (First page)

Amtoft, A.; Lutzoni, F. and Miadlikowska (2008) Dermatocarpon (Verrucariaceae) in the Ozark Highlands, North America. - The Bryologist 111(1): 1-40. (Recent Literature on Lichens) doi: 10.1639/0007-2745(2008)111[1:DVITOH]2.0.CO;2

Breuss, O. (1995) Bemerkungen zur Sektion Polyrhizion der Flechtengattung Dermatocarpon (Verrucariaceae). - Österreichische Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde 4: 137-145. (Recent Literature on Lichens)

Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Dermatocarpon (pp. 297-299) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.

Harada, H. (1993) A taxonomic study on Dermatocarpon and its allied genera (Lichenes, Verrucariaceae) in Japan. - Natural History Research 2(2): 113-152. (Recent Literature on Lichens)

Heidmarsson, S. 1998: Species delimitation in four long-spored species of Dermatocarpon in the Nordic countries. - Annales Botanici Fennici 35: 59-70. (Recent Literature on Lichens)

Heidmarsson, S. (2001) The genus Dermatocarpon (Verrucariales, lichenized Ascomycotina) in the Nordic countries. - Nordic Journal of Botany 20: 605-639. (Recent Literature on Lichens)

Heidmarsson, S. (2003) Molecular study of Dermatocarpon miniatum (Verrucariales) and allied taxa. - Mycological Research 107(4): 459-468. (Recent Literature on Lichens) (Abstract)

Heidmarsson, S. and Breuss, O. (2004) Dermatocarpon (pp. 88-93) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.

Orange, A. (1998) Dermatocarpon leptophyllodes and related species in the British Isles. - Lichenologist 30(1): 1-20. (Recent Literature on Lichens) (Abstract)

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Vernacular names
English: Stippleback lichens, Leather lichens, Silverskin lichens