Calicium carolinianum is a species of lichen in the family Caliciaceae. It is endemic to the Gulf Coastal Plain region of the United States. The lichen contains norstictic acid, and has ascospores that measure 13–17 by 8–9 μm.[2]
| Calicium carolinianum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Calicium |
| Species: | C. carolinianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Calicium carolinianum (Tuck.) M.Prieto & Wedin (2016)
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Taxonomy edit
The lichen was originally described as Acolium carolinianum by American botanist Edward Tuckerman in 1872. He discovered it in South Carolina, after which the species is named.[3] Leif Tibell transferred it to the genus Thelomma in 1976.[4] In 2016, Maria Prieto and Mats Wedin proposed a transfer to the genus Calicium, "until molecular investigations can clarify its position".[5]
References edit
- ^ "Synonymy: Calicium carolinianum (Tuck.) M. Prieto & Wedin, Fungal Diversity 82: 233 (2016)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Harris, R.D. (1995). More Florida lichens, including the 10 cent tour of the pyrenolichens. Bronx, New York: New York Botanical Garden. p. 23. ASIN B0006QC3VW.
- ^ Tuckerman, E. (1872). Genera Lichenum: An arrangement of the North America lichens. Amherst: E. Nelson. pp. 237–238.
- ^ Tibell, L. (1976). "The genus Thelomma". Botaniska Notiser. 129: 221–249.
- ^ Prieto, Maria; Wedin, Mats (2016). "Phylogeny, taxonomy and diversification events in the Caliciaceae". Fungal Diversity. 82 (1): 221–238. doi:10.1007/s13225-016-0372-y.
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