Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Caliciales
Familia: Caliciaceae
Genus: Thelomma
Species: T. californicum – T. carolinianum – T. mammosum – T. occidentale – T. ocellatum – T. santessonii
Name
Thelomma A. Massal., 1860
Type: Thelomma mammosum (Hepp in Hartung) A. Massal.
Life habit: Lichenized.
References
A. Massal., Atti Inst. Veneto Sci. lett., ed Arti, Sér. 3 5: 268 (1860)
Massalongo, A. (1860) Esame comparativo di alcuni generi di licheni. - Atti dell'Istituto Veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti\ vol. 5, ser. 3: 247–267, 313-337. (Mattick Rec.# 34026 - Literature on Lichens) (PDF file) (Description of Thelomma, page 268)
Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Thelomma (p. 678-680) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22465 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
Purvis, O.W.; Coppins, B.J.; Hawksworth, D.L.; James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) (1992) Thelomma Massal., 1860 (p. 598) In, The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp. (RLL List # 151 / Rec. # 15105 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
Tibell, L. (1976) The genus Thelomma. - Bot. Not. 129: 221–249. (RLL List # 95 / Rec. # 18595 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
Tibell, L. and Ryan, B.D. (2004) Thelomma (pp. 533-536) 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. (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 25967 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
USDA Plants Database
North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011
Genus Record Details
MycoBank
Vernacular names
English: Nipple lichens, Thelomma lichens
Thelomma is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. The genus is widely distributed and contains seven species.[1] Thelomma was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1860.[2]
References
Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 687. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
Massalongo AB (1860). "Esame comparativo di alcune genere di licheni". Atti dell'Istituto Veneto Scienze (in Italian). 5 (3): 247–76.
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