Lepra schaereri is a species of crustose lichen in the family Pertusariaceae. It occurs in Europe.[3] It was first described by Swiss pastor and lichenologist Ludwig Schaerer in 1821 as Spiloma isidioides. Josef Hafellner renamed it as Pertusaria schaereri in 2001, and then transferred it to Lepra after that genus was reinstated in 2016 to contain members of the Pertusaria albescens species group.[4]

Lepra schaereri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Pertusariaceae
Genus: Lepra
Species:
L. schaereri
Binomial name
Lepra schaereri
(Hafellner) Hafellner (2016)
Synonyms[2]
  • Isidium spilomaticum Rabenh. (1845)
  • Pertusaria coccodes var. isidioidea (Schaer.) J.Kickx f. (1867)
  • Pertusaria communis f. isidioides (Schaer.) Hepp (1860)
  • Pertusaria fallax f. isidioides (Schaer.) Kremp. (1861)
  • Pertusaria fallax var. isidioides (Schaer.) Anzi (1862)
  • Pertusaria schaereri Hafellner (2001)[1]
  • Spiloma isidioides Schaer. (1821)

References edit

  1. ^ Hafellner, J.; Türk, R. (2001). "Die liechenisierten Pilze Österreichs – eine Checkliste der bisher nachgewiesenen Arten mit Verbreitungsangaben". Stapfia (in German). 76: 3–167 [155].
  2. ^ "Synonymy: Lepra schaereri (Hafellner) Hafellner, in Hafellner & Türk, Stapfia 104(1): 172 (2016)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  3. ^ Pyrcha, Małgorzata; Oset, Magdalena (2019). "Saxicolous species of the genus Pertusaria s.l. in Poland". Herzogia. 32 (2): 385. doi:10.13158/heia.32.2.2019.385.
  4. ^ Wei, X.L.; Schmitt, I.; Hodkinson, B.P.; Flakus, A.; Kukwa, M.; Divakar, P.K.; Kirika, P.M.; Otte, J.; Meiser, A.; Lumbsch, H.T. (2017). "Circumscription of the genus Lepra, a recently resurrected genus to accommodate the "Variolaria"-group of Pertusaria sensu lato (Pertusariales, Ascomycota)". PLOS ONE. 12 (7): e0180284. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1280284W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0180284. PMC 5507398. PMID 28700682.