Placidium arboreum

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Fungi
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Eurotiomycetes
Subclassis: Chaetothyriomycetidae
Ordo: Verrucariales
Familia: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Placidium
Species: Placidium arboreum

Name

Placidium arboreum (Schwein. ex Michener) Lendemer, 2004

Note: Placidium tuckermanii has been found to be a junior synonym of Endocarpon arboreum. Thus, the new combination of Placidium arboreum was proposed. (Lendemer & Yahr 2004)

Synonyms

Placidium tuckermanii (Ravenel ex Mont.) Breuss, Annln naturh. Mus. Wien, Ser. B, Bot. Zool. 98 (Suppl.): 39 (1996)
Catapyrenium tuckermanii (Ravenel ex Mont.) J.W. Thomson, Bryologist 90(1): 36 (1987)
Dermatocarpon tuckermanii (Ravenel ex Mont.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univers. 1: 238 (1921) [1922]
Dermatocarpon arboreum (Schwein.) Fink, 1910
Endocarpon tuckermanii Ravenel ex Mont., 1856
Endopyrenium tuckermanii (Ravenel ex Mont.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univers. 1: 238 (1921) [1922]

References

In Lendemer & Yahr, 2004

Lendemer, J.C. and Yahr, R. (2004) Changes and additions to the checklist of North American lichens - II. - Mycotaxon 90(2): 319-322. (Recent Literature on Lichens) (Full article)

Breuss, O. (2002) Placidium (pp. 384-393) 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. (Discussion of Placidium tuckermanii: p. 393) (Placidium tuckermanii = Placidium arboreum)

Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Placidium (pp. 569-571) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of Placidium arboreum: pp. 570-571; distribution map for North America: p. 570; color photo: p. 570, plate 689 - [all as Placidium tuckermanii])

North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#16) 18 June 2010.

Index Fungorum

Vernacular names
English: Tree stipplescale lichen