''Dermatocarpon'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.[Verrucariaceae
The Verrucariaceae are a family of mostly lichenised fungi in the order Verrucariales. The lichen-forming species, which comprise the vast majority of the family, have a wide variety of thallus forms, and include crustose (crust-like), foliose ( ...]
.
Members of the genus are commonly called stippleback lichens because they have fruiting structures called
perithecia
An ascocarp, or ascoma (), is the fruiting body ( sporocarp) of an ascomycete phylum fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and millions of embedded asci, each of which typically contains four to eight ascospores. Ascocarps are mo ...
that are flask-shaped structures embedded in the nonfruiting body (
thallus
Thallus (plural: thalli), from Latinized Greek (), meaning "a green shoot" or "twig", is the vegetative tissue of some organisms in diverse groups such as algae, fungi, some liverworts, lichens, and the Myxogastria. Many of these organisms wer ...
), with a hole in the top to release
spore
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, f ...
s, causing an appearance of being covered with small black dots.
[Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ]
Species
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Dermatocarpon americanum''
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Dermatocarpon arenosaxi''
– United States
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Dermatocarpon arnoldianum''
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Dermatocarpon atrogranulosum''
– Canada
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Dermatocarpon bachmannii''
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Dermatocarpon deminuens''
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Dermatocarpon dolomiticum''
– United States
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Dermatocarpon intestiniforme''
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Dermatocarpon leptophyllodes''
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Dermatocarpon leptophyllum''
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Dermatocarpon linkolae''
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Dermatocarpon lorenzianum''
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Dermatocarpon luridum''
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Dermatocarpon meiophyllizum''
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Dermatocarpon moulinsii''
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Dermatocarpon miniatum
''Dermatocarpon miniatum'' is a species of fungus belonging to the family Verrucariaceae.
It has cosmopolitan distribution. It is a known host to the lichenicolous fungus
A lichenicolous fungus is a parasitic fungus that only lives on lichen ...
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Dermatocarpon muhlenbergii''
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Dermatocarpon multifolium''
– United States
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Dermatocarpon polyphyllizum''
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Dermatocarpon reticulatum''
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Dermatocarpon rivulorum''
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Dermatocarpon schaechtelinii''
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Dermatocarpon taminium''
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Dermatocarpon tenue''
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Dermatocarpon tomentulosum''
– USA; Bahamas
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Dermatocarpon vellereum''
References
Gallery
Image:Dermatocarpon luridum.jpg, '' Dermatocarpon luridum''
Image:Dermatocarpon_miniatum.jpg, ''Dermatocarpon miniatum
''Dermatocarpon miniatum'' is a species of fungus belonging to the family Verrucariaceae.
It has cosmopolitan distribution. It is a known host to the lichenicolous fungus
A lichenicolous fungus is a parasitic fungus that only lives on lichen ...
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Verrucariales
Eurotiomycetes genera
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 1824
Taxa named by Franz Gerhard Eschweiler
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