Dermatocarpon moulinsii

Dermatocarpon moulinsii is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. It is distinguished from other members of Dermatocarpon by the presence of rhizines on its underside. In North America, it occurs as mainly a western montane species.[1]

Dermatocarpon moulinsii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Dermatocarpon
Species:
D. moulinsii
Binomial name
Dermatocarpon moulinsii
(Mont.) Zahlbr. (1903)
Synonyms
  • Endocarpon moulinsii Mont. (1843)

The lichen was originally described by Camille Montagne in 1843 as a species of Endocarpon. It is named after French naturalist Charles des Moulins, who collected the type specimen in France.[2] Alexander Zahlbruckner transferred it to Dermatocarpon in 1903.[3]

References
  1. Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-300-08249-4.
  2. Montagne, J.P.F.C. (1843). "Quatrième Centurie de plantes cellulaires exotiques nouvelles, Décades VIII, IX et X". Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique (in French). 20: 352–379.
  3. Engler, H.G.A.; Prantl, K.A.E. (1903). Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten (in German). Vol. 1. pp. 49–96 [60].


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