Verrucaria

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Verrucaria
Verrucaria nigrescens 080408.jpg
Verrucaria nigrescens, Schwäbische Alb, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Eurotiomycetes
Order:
Verrucariales
Family:
Verrucariaceae
Genus:
Verrucaria

Shrad. (1794)
Type species
Verrucaria rupestris
Shrad. (1794)
Synonyms
  • Trimmatothele Norman ex Zahlbr. (1903)

Verrucaria is a genus of lichenized (lichen-forming) fungi in the family Verrucariaceae.[1]

Species[]

Species include:[2]

  • Massal
  • Leighton – forms small patches on exposed shores.[3]
  • Verrucaria maura Wahl – forms a black layer encrusting as patches on the rocks of the upper littoral and splash zone.[4][5]
  • Wahl – appears as a smooth thallus.[6] Closely encrusting on rock in irregular patches in the middle littoral.[7]
  • Verrucaria nigrescens
  • Verrucaria rupestris Shrad (1794)
  • Verrucaria serpuloides I.M.Lamb – the only known permanently submerged marine lichen[8]
  • Wahl

Candelariella aurella was formerly placed here as Verrucaria aurella

Distribution[]

Verrucaria ditmarsica Erichsen and V. Maura Wahlenb. have been recorded in 1984 from the Lighthouse Island, Copeland Island, County Down, Northern Ireland.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Gueidan C, Roux C, Lutzoni F (2007). "Using a multigene phylogenetic analysis to assess generic delineation and character evolution in Verrucariaceae (Verrucariales, Ascomycota)". Mycological Research. 111 (Pt 10): 1145–68. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.08.010. PMID 17981450.
  2. ^ Gilbert, Oliver (2000). Lichens. Hammersmith: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-220082-1.
  3. ^ Dobson, Frank S (2010). A Field Key to Coastal and Seashore Lichens. New Malden: Frank S Dobson. ISBN 978-0-9542324-5-0.
  4. ^ Lewis, J.R. 1964. The Ecology of Rocky Shores. The English Universities Press Ltd
  5. ^ Young, CM. 1961. The New Naturalist The Sea Shore. Collins, London
  6. ^ Campbell, A.C. 1984. The Country Life Guide to the Shallow Seas of Britain and Europe. Country Life Books. ISBN 0-600-34396 0
  7. ^ Barrett, J.H, and Young, C.M. 1960. Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. Collins, London
  8. ^ Ahmadjian, V. (1 March 1995). "Lichens are more important than you think". BioScience. 45 (3): 1. doi:10.1093/bioscience/45.3.124. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  9. ^ Morton, O. 1988. Lichens on Lighthouse Island. Copeland Bird Observatory Annual Report for 1986 p.44


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