Dermatocarpon miniatum var. complicatum
Biostatus
Native
Current conservation status
2018 | Data Deficient | Qualifiers: RR, SO, Sp
Category
Lichen
Structural class
Lichens - Foliose
Lichen substrate
Saxicolous (rock)
Substrate details
Saxicolous
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Synonyms
Dermatocarpon weberi, Lichen miniatus var. complicatum, Lichen weberi
Endemic taxon
No
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Other information
Dermatocarpon, included in the family Verrucariaceae (Eriksson et al. 2004; Pennycook & Galloway 2004), is the sole foliose member of that family and is a genus of wide distribution, comprising c. 35 species (Glavich & Geiser 2004; Heiðmarsson & Breuss 2004) found mainly on damp rocks (acid and basic) by streams, rivers or lakes. A molecular study of D. miniatum (the generitype) and allied taxa is recorded in Heiðmarsson (2003). New Zealand taxa formerly included in Dermatocarpon (Galloway 1985a: 155–157) are now placed in Catapyrenium (q.v.). One species is recorded from New Zealand.
Referencing and citations
References and further reading
Eriksson O.E.; Baral H.-O.; Currah R.S.; Hansen K.; Kurtzman C.P.; Rambold G. and Laessøe T. 2004: Outline of Ascomycota – 2004. Myconet 10: 1-99.
Galloway D.J. 1985: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens. Wellington: PD Hasselberg, Government Printer. 662 pp.
Galloway D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. 2nd edition. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua Press. 2261 pp.
Glavich D.A. and Geiser L.H. 2004: Dermatocarpon meiophyllizum Vainio in the US Pacific Northwest. Evansia 21: 137-140.
Heiðmarsson S. 2003: Molecular study of Dermatocarpon miniatum (Verrucariales) and allied taxa. Mycological Research 107: 459-468.
Pennycook S.R. and Galloway D.J. 2004: Checklist of New Zealand “Fungi”. In: McKenzie, E.H.C. (Ed.) Introduction to fungi of New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand/Ngā Harore o Aoteroa Volume 1. Fungal Diversity Research Series 14: 401-488.