Leprocaulon

Leprocaulon
Leprocaulon knudsenii in southern California
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Leprocaulales
Family:	Leprocaulaceae
Genus:	Leprocaulon Nyl. (1879)
Type species
Leprocaulon nanum (Ach.) Nyl. (1879)

Leprocaulon is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Leprocaulaceae. ^[1] Members of the genus Leprocaulon are commonly called mealy lichens. ^[2]

Species

• Leprocaulon adhaerens (K.Knudsen, Elix & Lendemer) Lendemer & B.P.Hodk. (2013) ^[3]
• Leprocaulon americanum Lendemer & B.P.Hodk. (2013) ^[3]
• Leprocaulon beechingii Lendemer (2020) ^[4] – eastern North America
• Leprocaulon calcicola Earl.-Benn., Orange, C.J.B.Hitch & Mark Powell (2017) ^[5] – Great Britain
• Leprocaulon coriense (Hue) Lendemer & B.P.Hodk. (2013) ^[3]
• Leprocaulon inexpectatum Gheza, Malíček, Vančurová & H.Mayrhofer (2025) ^[6] – Italy
• Leprocaulon knudsenii Lendemer & B.P.Hodk. (2013) ^[3] – mountain ranges of central and southern California, USA
• Leprocaulon nicholsiae Lendemer & E.Tripp (2018) ^[7]
• Leprocaulon santamonicae (K.Knudsen & Elix) Lendemer & B.P.Hodk. (2013) ^[3]
• Leprocaulon terricola (Lendemer) Lendemer & B.P.Hodk. (2013) ^[3]
• Leprocaulon textum (K.Knudsen, Elix & Lendemer) Lendemer & B.P.Hodk. (2013) ^[3]

References

1. 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 .
2. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search
3. Lendemer, James C.; Hodkinson, Brendan P. (2013). "A radical shift in the taxonomy of Lepraria s.l.: Molecular and morphological studies shed new light on the evolution of asexuality and lichen growth form diversification". Mycologia. 105 (4): 994–1018. doi:10.3852/12-338. PMID   23709574.
4. Lendemer, James C. (2020). "Leprocaulon beechingii (Leprocaulaceae), a new species from the southern Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America". The Bryologist. 123 (1): 1. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-123.1.001.
5. Orange, Alan; Earland-Bennett, Peter M.; Hitch, Christopher J.B.; Powell, Mark (2017). "A new leprose Leprocaulon (Ascomycota, Leprocaulales) from Great Britain". The Lichenologist. 49 (3): 183–188. doi:10.1017/S0024282917000093.
6. Gheza, Gabriele; Malíček, Jiří; Vančurová, Lucie; Feiertag, Doris; Nascimbene, Juri; Mayrhofer, Helmut (2025). "The epiphytic leprose Leprocaulon inexpectatum sp. nov. (Ascomycota, Leprocaulaceae) from Italy and its photosynthetic partner Symbiochloris". The Lichenologist. 57 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1017/S002428292400046X. hdl: 11585/1007522 .
7. Tripp, Erin A.; Lendemer, James C. (2019). "Highlights from 10+ Years of Lichenological Research in Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Celebrating the United States National Park Service Centennial". Systematic Botany. 44 (4): 943–980. doi:10.1600/036364419X15710776741332.