Stereocaulon

Stereocaulon
	Stereocaulon tomentosum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Stereocaulaceae
Genus:	Stereocaulon; Hoffm. (1796)
Type species
	Stereocaulon paschale; (L.) Hoffm. (1796)
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Lachnocaulon Clem. & Shear (1931);

Stereocaulon is a genus of lichens. Members of Stereocaulon are commonly called rock foam lichens.^[1]^[2] Photobiont partners of Stereocaulon include green algae from the genera Asterochloris, Chloroidium, and Vulcanochloris.^[3] Stereocaulon is difficult to ID to species, but there is a high diversity of species within the genus.

Species

Stereocaulon alpinum Laurer (1827)
Stereocaulon apocalypticum Nyl. (1867)
Stereocaulon arcticum Lynge
Stereocaulon arenarium (L.I.Savicz) I.M.Lamb
Stereocaulon areolatum McCune, E.Di Meglio & Tønsberg (2019)
Stereocaulon argus Hook.f. & Taylor (1844)
Stereocaulon austroshetlandicum Øvstedal (2001)
Stereocaulon botryosum Ach. (1810)
Stereocaulon caespitosum Redinger (1936)
Stereocaulon capitellatum H.Magn.
Stereocaulon cephalocrustatum McCune, E.Di Meglio & Tønsberg (2019)
Stereocaulon compactum (I.M. Lamb) Øvstedal (2009)
Stereocaulon condensatum Hoffm. (1796)
Stereocaulon corticatulum Nyl. (1858)
Stereocaulon cumulatum (Sommerf.) Timdal (2002)
Stereocaulon cymosum Cromb. (1876)
Stereocaulon dactylophyllum Flörke (1819)
Stereocaulon delisei Bory ex Duby (1830)
Stereocaulon depressum (Frey) I.M.Lamb
Stereocaulon evolutum Graewe (1865)
Stereocaulon exalbidum Nyl. (1859)
Stereocaulon exutum Nyl. (1890)
Stereocaulon fecundum McCune, E.Di Meglio & Tønsberg (2019)
Stereocaulon glareosum (Savicz) H.Magn. (1926)
Stereocaulon grande (H.Magn.) H.Magn.
Stereocaulon gregarium Redinger (1936)
Stereocaulon groenlandicum (E.Dahl) I.M.Lamb
Stereocaulon heardii Øvstedal (2006)
Stereocaulon hypothallinum McCune, E.Di Meglio & Tønsberg (2019)
Stereocaulon incrustatum Flörke (1819)
Stereocaulon intermedium (Savicz) H.Magn. (1926)
Stereocaulon kangdingense M.R.Huang & J.C.Wei (2004)
Stereocaulon klondikense T.Sprib. (2010)
Stereocaulon leucophaeopsis (Nyl.) P.James & Purvis (1985)
Stereocaulon magellanicum (Th.Fr.) Zahlbr. (1927)
Stereocaulon myriocarpum Th.Fr.
Stereocaulon nanodes Tuck. (1859)
Stereocaulon nivale (Follmann) Fryday (2003)
Stereocaulon oregonense McCune, E.Di Meglio & Tønsberg (2019)
Stereocaulon paschale (L.) Hoffm. (1796)
Stereocaulon pileatum Ach. (1810)
Stereocaulon plicatile (Leight.) Fryday & Coppins (1996)
Stereocaulon ramulosum Raeusch. (1797)
Stereocaulon rivulorum H.Magn.
Stereocaulon saxatile H.Magn. (1926)
Stereocaulon sorediiphyllum M.R.Huang & J.C.Wei (2004)
Stereocaulon soufrieranum Øvstedal & Elix (2010)
Stereocaulon spathuliferum Vain. (1909)
Stereocaulon subcoralloides Nyl. (1878)
Stereocaulon symphycheilum I.M.Lamb (1961)
Stereocaulon tomentosum Fr. (1825)
Stereocaulon tornense (H.Magn.) P.James & Purvis (1985)
Stereocaulon trachyphloeum I.M.Lamb (1976)
Stereocaulon vesuvianum Pers. (1810)

References

^ Snow Lichen (Stereocaulon), Encyclopedia of Life
^ USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search
^ Sanders, William B.; Masumoto, Hiroshi (2021). "Lichen algae: the photosynthetic partners in lichen symbioses". The Lichenologist. 53 (5): 347–393. doi:10.1017/S0024282921000335.

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[1] Snow Lichen (Stereocaulon), Encyclopedia of Life

[USDA-2] USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search

[Sanders_&_Masumoto_2021-3] Sanders, William B.; Masumoto, Hiroshi (2021). "Lichen algae: the photosynthetic partners in lichen symbioses". The Lichenologist. 53 (5): 347–393. doi:10.1017/S0024282921000335.

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