Dermatocarpon

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)

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

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

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 158.
  2. Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
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