Stereocaulon

Stereocaulon
Stereocaulon tomentosum
Scientific classification
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
LachnocaulonClem. & 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

The following species are assigned to this genus:

• 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

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