Collema coccophorum is a cyanolichen also known as soil pulp lichen or jelly lichen. It can be found in many areas of the world, including North America, Eastern Europe and Norway, Australia, and South America. It has also been recorded in Antarctica.[2]
Collema coccophorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Peltigerales |
Family: | Collemataceae |
Genus: | Collema |
Species: | C. coccophorum
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Binomial name | |
Collema coccophorum Tuck. (1862)
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Synonyms[1] | |
References
edit- ^ "Synonymy: Collema coccophorum Tuck". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
- ^ Øvstedal DO, Lewis Smith RI. (2001). Lichens of Antarctica and South Georgia: A Guide to Their Identification and Ecology. Cambridge University Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-521-66241-3.
- "The lichen genus Collema in Europe: morphology, taxonomy, ecology" G Degelius - Symb. Bot. Upsal, 1954
- "The lichen genus Collema with special reference to the extra-European species" G Degelius - 1974 - Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala