Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sphinctrinaceae 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Eurotiomycetes
Subclassis: Mycocaliciomycetidae
Ordo: Mycocaliciales
Familia: Sphinctrinaceae

Genus: Sphinctrina
Species: Sphinctrina tubiformis

Name

Sphinctrina tubiformis A.Massal., 1853


Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Apothecia: 0.15-0.36 mm high, often +/- immersed in the host thallus.

Hosts: Parasitic or parasymbiotic on thin lichen thalli, e.g., Pertusaria leioplaca.

Synonyms

References

Primary references

  • A. Massal., Mém. Lich.: 155 (1853)

References

  • Purvis, O.W. (1992) Sphinctrina Fr. (1828) (pp. 569-570) In: Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp.   **[RLL List # 151 / Rec.# 15105] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of S. tubaeformis [as S. tubiformis]: p. 570)
  • Selva, S.B. 2014: The calicioid lichens and fungi of the Acadian Forest ecoregion of northeastern North America, II. The rest of the story. The Bryologist 117(4): 336–367.   (BioOne)   (Sphinctrina tubaeformis: p. 363)
  • Tibell, L. (2004) Sphinctrina (pp. 699-701) 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.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 26025] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of S. tubaeformis: pp. 700-701; distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 701)
  • Triebel, D., Rambold, G. and Nash III, T.H. (1991) On lichenicolous fungi from continental North America. Mycotaxon 42: 263–296.   **[RLL List # / Rec.# 18992] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Web site) (Description of S. tubaeformis: p. 288)
  • Wirth, V. (1995) Sphinctrina Fr. (pp. 864-866) - Teil 2) In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German.   **[RLL List # 159 / Rec.# 20405] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of S. tubaeformis [as S. tubiformis]: p. 865)

Vernacular names

English: Sphinctrina lichen
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