Dermatocarpon

Dermatocarpon is a genus of lichens in the family Verrucariaceae.[1]

Dermatocarpon
Dermatocarpon miniatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Eurotiomycetes
Subclass:
Chaetothyriomycetidae
Order:
Verrucariales
Family:
Verrucariaceae
Genus:
Dermatocarpon

Eschw. (1824)
Type species
Dermatocarpon miniatum
(L.) W.Mann (1825)

Members of the genus are commonly called stippleback lichens because they have fruiting structures called perithecia that are flask-shaped structures embedded in the nonfruiting body (thallus), with a hole in the top to release spores, causing an appearance of being covered with small black dots.[2]:35

Species
  • Dermatocarpon americanum
  • Dermatocarpon amylaceum
  • Dermatocarpon arenosaxi
  • Dermatocarpon arnoldianum
  • Dermatocarpon atrogranulosum
  • Dermatocarpon bachmannii
  • Dermatocarpon deminuens
  • Dermatocarpon deserti
  • Dermatocarpon dolomiticum
  • Dermatocarpon finckei
  • Dermatocarpon intestiniforme
  • Dermatocarpon leptophyllodes
  • Dermatocarpon leptophyllum
  • Dermatocarpon luridum
  • Dermatocarpon meiophyllizum
  • Dermatocarpon miniatum
  • Dermatocarpon moulinsii
  • Dermatocarpon multifolium
  • Dermatocarpon polyphyllizum
  • Dermatocarpon reticulatum
  • Dermatocarpon rivulorum
  • Dermatocarpon schaechtelinii
  • Dermatocarpon taminium
  • Dermatocarpon tenue
  • Dermatocarpon tomentulosum

References
  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  • Dermatocarpon luridum
  • Dermatocarpon miniatum


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