Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,677 meters (0 to 5,502 feet).Mean = 513.550 meters (1,684.875 feet), Standard Deviation = 364.480 based on 390 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Fungi
()
- T.l. Jahn & F.f. Jahn, 1949 Ex R.t. Moore, 1980
- Fungi
- Subkingdom:
Dikarya
()
- D.s. Hibbett Et Al., in D.s. Hibbett Et Al., 2007
- Phylum:
Ascomycota
()
- H.c. Bold, 1957 Ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Sac Fungi
- Class:
Ascomycetes
()
- Order:
Not assigned
()
- Family:
Coniocybaceae
()
- Reichenb., 1837
- Genus:
Chaenotheca
()
- Specific descriptor:
chrysocephala
- (Turner ex Ach.) Th. Fr. 1861
- Scientific name: - Chaenotheca chrysocephala (Turner ex Ach.) Th. Fr. 1861
- Specific descriptor:
chrysocephala
- (Turner ex Ach.) Th. Fr. 1861
- Genus:
Chaenotheca
(
- Family:
Coniocybaceae
(
- Order:
Not assigned
(
- Class:
Ascomycetes
(
- Phylum:
Ascomycota
(
- Subkingdom:
Dikarya
(
- Kingdom:
Fungi
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Calicium chrysocephalum (Turner ex Ach.) Ach. 1803
- Calicium chrysocephalum forma filare (Ach.) Cromb.
- Calicium chrysocephalum var. filare Ach. 1808
- Calicium chrysocephalum var. melanocephalum Nyl. 1860
- Chaenotheca chrysocephala (Turner ex Ach.) Th. Fr. 1861
- Chaenotheca chrysocephala forma filaris (Ach.) Blomb. & Forssell 1880
- Chaenotheca chrysocephala forma melanocephala (Nyl.) A.L. Sm. 1918
- Chaenotheca chrysocephala var. filaris (Ach.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth.
- Chaenotheca chrysocephala var. melanocephala (Nyl.) A.L. Sm.
- Coniocybe chrysocephala (Turner ex Ach.) Rabenh. 1876
- Cyphelium chrysocephalum (Turner ex Ach.) De Not. 1889
- Lichen chrysocephalus Turner ex Ach. 1803
- Phacotium chrysocephalum (Turner ex Ach.) Trevis. 1862
- Phacotrum chrysocephalum (Turner ex Ach.) Gray 1821
- Phacotrum trabinellum
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Kirk P.M. , 14-Sep-2005.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Chaenotheca
There are approximately 64 species in this genus:
C. aeruginosa f. viridis · C. africana · C. albida · C. australis · C. brachypoda · C. brunneola · C. chlorella · C. chlorella f. acicularis · C. chlorella f. alpina · C. chlorelloides · C. chloroxantha · C. chrysocephala · C. chrysocephala f. filaris · C. chrysocephala f. holochrysea · C. chrysocephala f. melanocephala · C. chysocephala · C. cinerea · C. citriocephala · C. confusa · C. degelii · C. deludens · C. dilatata · C. ferruginea · C. floridana · C. furfuracea · C. glaucescens · C. gneissica · C. gracilenta · C. gracillima · C. granulosa · C. heterospora · C. hispidula · C. hygrophila · C. hygrophila tibell · C. laevigata · C. lanata · C. melanophaea f. flavocitrina · C. nepaiensis · C. nitidula · C. obscurata · C. olivaceorufa · C. papuensis · C. paroica · C. phaeocephala · C. phaeocephala f. subhispidula · C. picastra · C. picea · C. pulverulenta · C. sachalinensis · C. schaereri · C. servitii · C. servitii f. rufescens · C. sphaerocephala · C. stemonea · C. stenocyboides · C. subroscida (Needle Lichen) · C. suzai · C. trichialis · C. trichialis f. caerulescens · C. trichialis f. cinerea · C. trichialis trichialis · C. trichialis var. cinerea · C. xylogena · C. xyloxena
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 03, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed August 1, 2008.
- Species Fungorum 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 03, 2008:
- Arizona State University, International Institute for Species Exploration: Arizona State University Lichen Herbarium
- Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem: Lichen Herbarium Berlin
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
- GBIF-Spain: Departamento de Biolog. Veg. II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid: MAF-Lich
- GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Lichen
- GBIF-Sweden: Botany (UPS)
- GBIF-Sweden: Herbarium of Oskarshamn (OHN)
- GBIF-Sweden: Lund Botanical Museum (LD)
- Institute of Nature Conservation PAS: National System of Proetcted Areas
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Lichen field notes, Oslo (O)
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Lichen herbarium, Bergen (BG)
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Lichen herbarium, Oslo (O)
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Mycology herbarium, Oslo (O)
- Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: Epiphytic Lichens of G. Lettau at the Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, the Phycology Herbarium
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Danish Mycological Society, fungal records database
- University Museums of Norway (MUSIT)
- University of Bialystok, Institute of Biology: Lichenes North-Eastern Poland
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3246653
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: SF-382486
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14368694
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:382486
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2121906
