Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Lecanorales
Familia: Lecanoraceae
Genus: Pyrrhospora
Species: P. bhutanensis – P. catillaria – P. fuscisidiata – P. griseococcinea – P. luminescens – P. lusitanica – P. manipurensis – P. quernea – P. rubiginans – P. varians
Name
Pyrrhospora Körber, 1855
Type: Pyrrhospora quernea (Dicks.) Körb.
Life habit: Lichenized.
References
Körb., Syst. lich. germ. (Breslau): 209 (1855)
Körber, G.W. (1855) Systema Lichenum Germaniae (I-XXXIV). Die Flechten Deutschlands mikroscopisch geprüft, kritisch gesichtet, charakteristisch beschrieben und systematisch geordnet. - Breslau. pp. (Mattick Rec.# 23705 - Literature on Lichens)
Choisy, M. (1950) Catalogue des lichens de la region lyonnaise. [Fasc. 3]. - Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. de Lyon 19: 9–24. (RLL List # 4 / Rec. # 3158 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
Foucard, T. (1990) Svensk Skorplavs Flora. - Interpublishing, Stockholm. 306 pp. (RLL List # / Rec. # 5962 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
Hafellner, J. (1993) Die Gattung Pyrrhospora in Europa. Eine erste Übersicht mit einem Bestimmungsschlüssel der Arten nebst Bemerkungen zu einigen aussereuropäischen Taxa (lichenisierte Ascomycotina, Lecanorales). - Herzogia 9: 725–747. (RLL List # 153 / Rec. # 7273 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
Kalb, K. and Hafellner, J. (1992) Bemerkenswerte Flechten und lichenicole Pilze von der Insel Madeira. - Herzogia 9: 45–102. (RLL List # 148 / Rec. # 9645 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
Poelt, J. and Vĕzda, A. (1981) Bestimmungsschlussel europaischer Flechten. Erganzungsheft II. - Bibliotheca Lichenologica 16, J. Cramer, Vaduz. 390 pp. (RLL List # 112-57 / Rec. # 14779 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
Puntillo, D. (1996) I Licheni di Calabria. - Monografie, XXII, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. 229 pp. (RLL List # 170 / Rec. # 15098 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
Ryan, B.D.; Tønsberg, T.; Nash III, T.H. and Hafellner, J. (2004) Pyrrhospora (pp. 436-439) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Diederich, P., Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.
Tønsberg, T. (1992) The sorediate and isidiate, corticolous, crustose lichens in Norway. - Sommerfeltia 14: 1–331. (RLL List # 148 / Rec. # 18826 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
USDA Plants Database
North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011
Index Fungorum
MycoBank
Vernacular names
English: Crimson dot lichens, Pyrrhospora lichens
Pyrrhospora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecanoraceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with Pyrrhospora quernea assigned as the type species.[2]
Species
Pyrrhospora bhutanensis Aptroot (2002)[3]
Pyrrhospora chlororphnia (Tuck.) Aptroot & Seaward (2005)[4]
Pyrrhospora endaurantia Kalb & Aptroot (2021)[5]
Pyrrhospora fuscisidiata Aptroot & Wolseley (2007)[6]
Pyrrhospora luminescens Aptroot & Wolseley (2007)[6]
Pyrrhospora palmicola Aptroot & Seaward (2009)[7] – Seychelles
Pyrrhospora quernea (Dicks.) Körb. (1855)
Pyrrhospora rubiginans (Nyl.) P.James & Poelt (1981)
Several species that were once classified in Pyrrhospora have since been transferred to the genus Ramboldia. These include:
Pyrrhospora amagiensis (Räsänen) Hafellner (1993) (now Ramboldia amagiensis)
Pyrrhospora arandensis Elix (2004) (now Ramboldia arandensis)
Pyrrhospora aurantiaca Aptroot & Diederich (1997) (now Ramboldia aurantiaca)
Pyrrhospora aurea Kalb & Elix (2001) (now Ramboldia aurea)
Pyrrhospora bullata Kalb & Elix 2001) (now Ramboldia bullata)
Pyrrhospora cinnabarina (Sommerf.) M. Choisy 1950) (now Ramboldia cinnabarina)
Pyrrhospora elabens (Fr.) Hafellner 1993) (now Ramboldia elabens)
Pyrrhospora gowardiana T. Sprib. & M. Hauck 2003) (now Ramboldia gowardiana)
Pyrrhospora griseococcinea (Nyl.) Hafellner 1993) (now Ramboldia griseococcinea)
Pyrrhospora laeta (Stirt.) Hafellner 1992) (now Ramboldia laeta)
Pyrrhospora lusitanica (Räsänen) Hafellner 1992) (now Ramboldia lusitanica)
Pyrrhospora manipurensis (Kr.P. Singh) Hafellner 1993) (now Ramboldia manipurensis)
Pyrrhospora petraeoides (Nyl. ex C. Bab. & Mitt.) Hafellner 1993) (now Ramboldia petraeoides)
Pyrrhospora russula (Ach.) Hafellner 1992) (now Ramboldia russula)
Pyrrhospora sanguinolenta (Kremp.) Rambold & Hafellner 1989) (now Ramboldia sanguinolenta)
Pyrrhospora subcinnabarina (Tønsberg) Hafellner 1993) (now Ramboldia subcinnabarina)
References
Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
Körber, G.W. (1855). Systema lichenum Germaniae (in Latin). p. 209.
Aptroot, A.; Feijen, F.J. (2002). "Annotated checklist of the lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Bhutan". Fungal Diversity. 11: 21–48.
Seaward, Mark R.D.; Aptroot, André (2005). "Hong Kong lichens collected on the United States North Pacific exploring expedition, 1853–1856". The Bryologist. 108 (2): 282–286. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2005)108[0282:HKLCOT]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85837590.
Kalb, Klaus; Aptroot, André (2021). "New lichens from Africa" (PDF). Archive for Lichenology. 28: 1–12.
Aptroot, A.; Saipunkaew, W.; Sipman, H.J.M.; Sparrius, L.B.; Wolseley, P.A. (2007). "New lichens from Thailand, mainly microlichens from Chiang Mai". Fungal Diversity. 24: 75–134.
Seaward, Mark R.D.; Aptroot, André (2009). "Checklist of lichens for the Seychelles group". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 99: 335–366.
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